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Compensation Standards

Compensation Standards

At the 2022 Synod Assembly, a thorough revision to the Compensation Standards was overwhelmingly approved by the assembly. The 2022 Compensation Standards included for the first time a worksheet to assist with the calculations – and in 2023 this work expanded to provide three distinct worksheets to address different scenarios: for new calls, for continuing calls, and for congregations with a parsonage.

In 2024 a proposal for changing the timing of setting the baseline salary was presented to and approved by the Synod Assembly. In prior years, the baseline salary was adjusted based on the Social Security Administration’s Cost of Living Increase (COLA) that had been set the previous fall. This had the effect that compensation typically lagged a year behind. The Compensation Standards approved in 2024 specify that the baseline salary for 2025 will be set by the Synod Council after the COLA is announced in October. As soon as that baseline salary is set, adjustments will be made to the Compensation Standards document and the accompanying worksheets.

On October 10, 2024, the 2025 COLA of 2.5% was announced. During its meeting on October 12, the Synod Council approved a resolution setting the 2025 baseline salary for pastors at $62,276 and for deacons at $57,714. The Compensation Standards document and the worksheets (all linked below) have been updated to reflect the 2025 baseline salary.

The expectation is that congregations will use the current Compensation Standards document and appropriate worksheet whenever calling a pastor or deacon and when reviewing compensation for the next year.
2025 Compensation Standards Document // Click Here
2025 Worksheet for Calling a New Pastor or Deacon // Click Here
2025 Worksheet for Continuing Calls // Click Here
2025 Worksheet for Congregations with Parsonages // Click Here
If you have any questions about the Compensation Standards, please contact Pastor Mitch Phillips, Assistant to the Bishop for Leadership: [email protected]

An Introduction & Background to the Compensation Standards (2022):

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    • Land Confession and Acknowledgment
  • For Rostered Ministers
    • Pulpit Supply List
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    • Rostered Minister Forms and Reports
    • Spiritual Direction & Coaching
    • Congregation Vacancies
    • Mobility for Rostered Ministers
    • Tools, Trainings & More
    • Care of Roster Committee
  • For Congregations
    • Mission Support
    • One Church Experiment
    • Growing in Faith
    • Pulpit Supply List
    • Reports and Forms for Congregations
    • Constitution Updates
    • Compensation Standards
    • Congregational Systems Team
    • Worship & Devotions
    • Summer Sabbath Sermons
    • We Need a Pastor!
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