Female Pastors – Recent Study Reveals Progress, BUT
Female Pastors – Recent Study Reveals Progress, BUT
Female Pastors – Recent Study Reveals Progress, BUT
Although female senior pastors continue to face a glass-ceiling, a recent study reveals that women in the pulpit have made substantial gains over the last 10 years.
According to a new Barna Group survey, the number of female senior pastors has doubled between 1999 and 2009. In 1999, 5% of senior pastors of Protestant churches were women. Today 10% are women.
The survey also revealed that over the last 10 years, the average age of female pastors increased from 50 years of age to 55; and women in the pulpit are disproportionately more educated than their male counterparts. In fact, 77% of female pastors have a seminary degree, while only 63% of male pastors have graduated from seminary.
Despite their educational advantage, female pastors continue to earn less money than male pastors. The current average compensation package for women in the senior pastorate is $45,300 vs. $48,600 for men. The Barna study noted, however, that although men have seen a 21% salary increase since 1999, the wage gap between the sexes has diminished over the last 10 years — with female pastors earning 30% more than they did 10 years ago. In the past, male pastors were compensated (on average) $6,900 more than women. Today the gap has narrowed by almost half to $3,300.
In the study, Barna Group noted that congregational sizes have contributed to the salary variation between female and male pastors. Men, disproportionately, lead larger churches with an average of 103 adults in attendance each week. Female pastors, however, have a median attendance of 81 adults each week.
SOURCE: www.Barna.org
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Female Pastors – Recent Study Reveals Progress, BUT
Although female senior pastors continue to face a glass-ceiling, a recent study reveals that women in the pulpit have made substantial gains over the last 10 years.
According to a new Barna Group survey, the number of female senior pastors has doubled between 1999 and 2009. In 1999, 5% of senior pastors of Protestant churches were women. Today 10% are women.
The survey also revealed that over the last 10 years, the average age of female pastors increased from 50 years of age to 55; and women in the pulpit are disproportionately more educated than their male counterparts. In fact, 77% of female pastors have a seminary degree, while only 63% of male pastors have graduated from seminary.
Despite their educational advantage, female pastors continue to earn less money than male pastors. The current average compensation package for women in the senior pastorate is $45,300 vs. $48,600 for men. The Barna study noted, however, that although men have seen a 21% salary increase since 1999, the wage gap between the sexes has diminished over the last 10 years — with female pastors earning 30% more than they did 10 years ago. In the past, male pastors were compensated (on average) $6,900 more than women. Today the gap has narrowed by almost half to $3,300.
In the study, Barna Group noted that congregational sizes have contributed to the salary variation between female and male pastors. Men, disproportionately, lead larger churches with an average of 103 adults in attendance each week. Female pastors, however, have a median attendance of 81 adults each week.
SOURCE: www.Barna.org
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