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Originally Posted by Billy G. McCoy
Do you guys play in church?
Do you have day jobs or are you professional musicians?
Just wondering how you would react if your boss on your day job
told you to work for free OR give your paycheck back to the company.
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I guess I did not read the part that church music is the full time job and primary source of income. I agree, if my main income is from the church then of course I will be paid. I have a good friend who is worship/music leader in the church world and he is paid, that’s his full time profession, working in the church. I would never ask someone to sacrifice their financial stability to serve.
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Originally Posted by Billy G. McCoy
Whether it's church or not....you can't tell anybody else how to give of his or her talents/skills or services. There are several churches around that DO pay their musicians
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I’ll have to review my posts, off hand I can’t recall one statement I made that set any rule for how people should give, or if musicians should/should not be paid. I do not believe there is a rule that musicians should be paid. I think it’s fine if they are. I do wonder about statements like:
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Originally Posted by Billy G. McCoy
Ever wonder why the really good musicians get out of church altogether? A lot of them do....I have contemplated this several times
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A really good musician is incapbable of just being a member of a congregation and serving like anyone else?
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Originally Posted by Billy G. McCoy
With your logic....the pastor shouldn't get paid either...he should get a regular day job and preach for free.
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Again, not sure which part of my logic described a person not being paid when their primary full time work is for the church. But… Our church did start an outreach mission and called a part time pastor who works 20-30 hours a week at a “day job” not in ministry, and gets partial salary from the church.
If a church decides to pay people to play music, manage IT systems, oversee daycare, repair facilities, clean windows, cook food for the homeless,..... I think that is all great, I really do. And if I've dedicated my life to serving ministry at the exclusion of other income of course I must provide for my family financially. I want you to be paid.
But if I'm just some axe slinger looking to pick up a gig anywhere that pays, then just go find that gig and leave the non paying gigs alone.