In 2004, ACU’s Church Relations Team administered its first Ministers Salary Survey via email. More than 500 ministers, serving in various roles, participated in the first survey. Every year a new salary survey is conducted

With these surveys church leaders are served in a variety of ways:

1. They learn about how other churches are structuring the compensation of their ministers
2. Data is provided for comparing the current levels of compensation for ministers in churches of various sizes and in different states
3. Church leaders, who may be searching for new ministers, will be able to negotiate more consistently in keeping with current salary ranges.

The results of the surveys are linked below:

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004