Is the Pastors housing allowance in addition to his salary

by Rosa
(Portsmouth, Va.)

Is the Pastors housing allowance an amount in addition to his salary or am I reducing his salary to the amount to be used as housing.

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Compensation Package
by: Vickey

That would depend on your church.

A housing allowance is part of the pastor's compensation package. The governing body designates and approves (in writing) a set amount for their housing allowance.

That could be by reducing his current salary by that amount or in addition to...again that would depend on your church's governing body.

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