You Get What You Pay For

The Committees & Agencies of the PCA General Assembly must be able to compensate their coordinators well enough to attract qualified, competent leaders.

My friend was sharing his frustration with me about the stated clerk of his presbytery.

“He promised me I would have the minutes from our stated meeting yesterday…”

I shared his concern, but I responded, “Buddy, I’ve seen your presbytery’s budget; the clerk makes less than $3,000 a year; you can’t expect anything quickly at that rate. He’s almost donating his time: you get what you pay for.”

He agreed.

And he still doesn’t have those minutes.

PCA Coordinator Positions Are Rightly Well Compensated

Each year the PCA General Assembly approves the budgets of the various Permanent Committees. As part of those it includes the Salary, Housing Allowance, and other benefits for the Coordinators.

For example, the Stated Clerk’s salary, housing allowance, and benefits for 2025 total $290,000.

This is reasonable compensation for the director of an organization with dozens of employees.

Similarly the salary and housing allowance of the Coordinator of Mission to North America for 2025 is $273,000 with …