Evangelists Pay

So, how do you like the $4.00 you are paying for gas right now? Making the budget tricky? It has affected my family significantly. (I may post more about that in the future.)


Now, what if you were a full time evangelist in the CHM, and your livelihood depended on what the local church decided you were worth for a week?

I know of an evangelist that travels full time in a truck pulling an older trailer.

Truck uses diesel. For some reason, diesel is now more expensive than gas. $4.73 cents is what my friend paid for diesel to get to his current meeting.

His trip was somewhere around 460 miles. He gets 10 miles to the gallon. That would be 46 gallons of diesel to get to his date. 46 X $4.739 = $217.99. Just for fuel to get to the meeting.

This does not count wear and tear on his rig.

This does not count food on the road.

This does not count insurance for the truck and trailer.

Or tires.

Or...well, you get the picture.

And, if we go on the old pay scale for the CHM, he might get $500 to $700 for the week.

And then, he will spend half of that getting to his next meeting.

So, care to be a full time evangelist?


My point is, we need to be re-thinking what we pay the evangelist when he comes through town. $100 per day is just not enough.