Very good topic.
Years ago when being a church pastor was just a minimum wage job, pastors worked very hard to earn their pay. As such, churches exerted far more positive influence over society. Today churches are largely, though not exclusively, profit seeking institutions who fail to do good for society. Many churches make tax free incomes which are pocketed by the Pharisees who run them. Consider some of these "Christian" colleges who have massive football stadiums, make untold millions in profits, pay huge sums of money to their staffs and faculties, while charging enormous sums of money in tuition for poor families, many of whom remain in debt well after graduating.
Churches such as Trinity church in down town Manhattan which owns much of Wall Street, should be compelled to pay their share of taxes. Their books should all be put on public display so that parishioners can see where their money is going. While pastors deserve some pay, especially those who actually work for their money, society would be far better off if churches were run the way they used to be with public service, not profit making, being their ideal goals.