7 Things Lead Pastors Don't Like to Do · Part 4 Setting Salaries, Including Your Own Two uncomfortable conversations in ministry are about paychecks. One is telling a staff member what the church can pay them, or cannot. The second is even more awkward. It is sitting in front of your board and talking about what the church pays you. Most pastors would rather do almost anything else. Money and relationships are tangled together, the budget is tight, and there is an unspoken se