Churches with less than $150K budgets or where senior pastor total comp exceeds 40% of budget will be threatened by the
2x cost of replacing a senior pastor in this current market.
Assuming that a church needs at least 20% of its annual budget to cover facility, ministry, and outreach costs, any churches spending more than 40% of their budget on total compensation for their senior pastor will be threatened by the 2x cost of replacing a retiring senior pastor.
Churches with less than one hundred and fifty-thousand dollar budgets or where senior pastor total comp exceeds 40 percent of their total budget will be threatened by the 2 times cost of replacing a senior pastor in this current market. This is based on the assumption that a church needs at least 20 percent of its annual budget to cover facility, ministry, and outreach costs. Based on this math, any churches spending more than 40 percent of their budget on total compensation for their senior pastor will be threatened by the 2 times cost of replacing a retiring senior pastor.
