Sounds as though the people of your church are quite blessed. It costs alot to keep a church running. How your church operates I have no idea. But somewhere I bet there's some guidelines. Maybe you ought to sit in on a board or budget meeting(s) & see where the money is going.
The church that I have been affilated with does this:
The church areas are divided into sections. Each of the individual churches sends their tithes to the head of that area. No minister keeps the tithes his church pays for himself. The tithe is then dispersed to all the ministers & evangelists.
Then the tithe that is paid by all the ministers is sent to yet the higher ups and those tithes are dispensed to pay those ministers. What happens to the left over, I don't know. I'm sure it is used in God's work, somehow. They are all paid a fair wage, but none are rich. Most times, the wives either work outside the home, or sacrifice like the rest of us.
