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To Charge, or Not To Charge

April 28, 2008

By Gary Chevalier

It's interesting that this month focuses on charging fees, because that is an area that I've been struggling with recently. I think that there are basically two types of people who have an issue with charging: those who think they're better than they are and charge too much, and those who feel bad about charging at all (or at least, very much). Of the two, I fall into the latter...

I'll spare you the long, boring story, but suffice it to say that talking about and/or negotiating fees with church groups is uncomfortable for me. It's hard to say why, exactly. It just totally unnerves me and makes me queasy. In truth, I know that there is nothing wrong with paying someone to come speak/teach/lead. Anyone I bring to my church I try to pay well. (In fact, I serve full-time at my church as the worship pastor. You'd think that I'd be OK getting paid by the church!) As strange as it may seem, though, when I go to a church to speak I feel greedy and prideful for asking to be compensated. It's not true, but satan whispers in my ear that I'm about money, not ministry, and I freak out and run the other way.

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