Humans require basic necessities to do their jobs well, so members of the clergy are provided for by the institutions and communities they serve. Pastors get paid because “In all labour there is profit” (Proverbs 14:23). Pastors are to be paid because “The labourer is worthy of his reward” (1 Timothy 5:18).
Who is the leader of the Protestant Church?
Martin Luther, often called the father of Protestantism, fundamentally changed the Christian world through his force of will and new ideas. He tried passionately to reform the Catholic Church.