A GLOBAL YOUTH PASTOR SALARY SURVEY: SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES.

The subject of youth pastor salaries is interesting to researchers in at least two respects. First, to what extent the position of "youth pastor" is supported financially is an indicator of the perceived status by the local church, denomination, and culture. Second, as youth ministry education proliferates around the globe one might expect more and more individuals to sense God's calling into full lime youth ministry. The purpose, then, of this paper is to survey youth pastor salaries world wide and see this issue in terms relevant to ecciesiology and sociology.