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From church closings and foreclosures of houses of worship across the nation to the limited number of clergy jobs for new rabbis, imams and pastors, the recession has hit religious Americans just as it has affected the tens of millions of the country's jobless.
Even before the recession, most spiritual leaders of small towns and big cities across the United States earned meager salaries, with annual pay for Catholic priests and imams ranging from $25,000 to $30,000 and the average Protestant pastor making $40,000 a year, according to a recent survey.
Yet, even in difficult times, some churches and pastors are soaring. While not a definitive guide, HuffPost Religion has has compiled a slideshow of some of the best paid pastors in America. For several, their high income comes not only from employment as pastors, but also from TV appearances, book sales and charity management.
For the lucky few, being a pastor can mean being a multi-millionaire.
Is self enrichment on the backs of not well off parishioners what religion is about? No thanks.
Warren Buffet makes far more than Mitt or Bill Clinton together and there is NO PROBLEM with that. WHY? Why is there such BIAS against religion and conservatives? Why are LIBERALS like Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi not mentioned about their EXTREME WEALTH?
How is it that Rev. Wright whose church is POOR, based on CLASS ENVY managed to retire in a WHITE community in a 1.6 MILLION dollar house?
"Ironically, Wright's Afrocentrism, implicit segregationism, and explicit reverse racism didn't prevent him from retiring to a $1.6 million home his church built for him in the lily-white Tinley Park neighborhood in 2008. The luxurious four-bedroom house features an elevator, a butler's pantry, exercise room, four-car garage, master bedroom with a whirlpool, and spare room for a future theater or swimming pool. It abuts the Odyssey Country Club and golf course. (Its mortgage was paid for by the corrupt ShoreBank, with which Wright, along with most of the Chicago black elite, always had a cozy relationship before it went bust in 2010.)
Why is it that Rev. Jessie Jackson has an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister has a net worth of $10 million. Jesse Jackson acquired that net worth as a prominent civil rights activist, United States shadow Senator, and the creator of the civil rights organization Rainbow/PUSH. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina. Why is HE NOT LISTED and no one complains about him? Is it because he is a BLACK LIBERAL?
They just instruct followers to murder Jews and Christians.
Priceless!