kairos wrote:We know mission president's operate off a church credit card without limits...
We know this?? I do know the Mission President's Handbook fairly well and have never seen a reference to Mission Presidents having a church credit card without limits. Source??
Red flags look normal when you're wearing rose colored glasses.
I have a question wrote:I only have a conversation I had with a Mission President, to rely upon. Of course, he may simply have been referencing the levels of reimbursements.
Since the Mission Presidents aren't receiving a paycheck/stipend for their service, what the church DOES provide for them seems fair to me. Now...if they received cash AND the living allowances, I might have a problem with that. I certainly don't perceive what they do receive as any type of "luxury" though. Definitely not enough for ME to consider trading places with them and babysitting a bunch of youngsters for a few years.
Red flags look normal when you're wearing rose colored glasses.
Jesse Pinkman wrote:I don't begrudge the Church having leaders on the payroll. I think that's fine. They just need to be honest about it and not broadcast that we have a 100% volunteer clergy. That is disingenuous.
I agree. And church leaders should be expected to get some sort of degree in theology or a related subject.
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Jesse Pinkman wrote:I don't begrudge the Church having leaders on the payroll. I think that's fine. They just need to be honest about it and not broadcast that we have a 100% volunteer clergy. That is disingenuous.
I agree. And church leaders should be expected to get some sort of degree in theology or a related subject.
Actually, I think that Counseling would make the most sense considering that is a major part of the job.
So you're chasing around a fly and in your world, I'm the idiot?
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Jesse Pinkman wrote:My father in law was a mission president in Texas. He did not have his kids' tuition paid for by the Church. I can guarantee you that. The Church did pay for hired help for cooking and cleaning when my mother in law had to have knee surgery.
I believe the Mission President's handbook clearly states children of MPs can go to a church school for free. I believe that they also can apply that cost to any other school, which usually won't get you a free education by any means but is a significant offset in the cost.
I was a companion to a sick elder and lived for three weeks with my mission president while I accompanied my companion to endless doctor's appointments. They had a full time maid/cook and MP's wife wasn't sick in any way. It was a very nice high-rise apartment and was like a super-nice vacation for me in between living in the plywood boxes that were called houses that we normally lived in.