$40,077 |
28% |
15% |
| Average compensation for Protestant senior pastors in America. | Americans who say 9/11 proves there’s “too much religion in the world.” | Population of Brazil that is Protestant today. |
$32,040 |
51% |
9% |
| Average compensation in 1992. | Americans who say it proves there’s “too little religion.” | Brazil’s Protestant population in 1991. |
Sources: Barna Research Group, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Associated Press
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Articles referenced above include:
Pastoral Compensation Hits New High—Barna Research Online (May 28, 2002)
Americans Struggle with Religion’s Role at Home and Abroad—Pew Research Center (March 20, 2002)
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