"I Was Guest Preacher at _________ Baptist Church, and All I Got Was This..."

[Baptist Believer]

With all the pastors on this board I've got to ask--What amount would have been appropriate?

Back when I was in the pastorate in the late 1980s and doing a lot of funerals for the unchurched, I would usually receive a gift of $50-$100, which is comparable to $100-200 today. But that includes meeting with the family, planning the service, sometimes being there for the viewing (it is a great time to help people work through grief and share the gospel in word and deed), do the funeral and committal at the cemetery. There was only one time that I can remember that I did not get a financial gift from the family, and it wasn't any big deal.

 

[HankD]

On the other hand - you may be denying the church from receiving a blessing.

Thanks for a guilt trip W-H-E-E-E-E

 

[Covenanter]

As I have always been fully employed - until I retired - I have never accepted gifts for preaching, except once at another church. Please give it to charity.

That once I accepted £20 to pass on to our church & was also given a bag full of runner beans which I did accept & eat.