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Ministerial Service Rates
Link to table of ministerial service fee guidelines: https://www.uuma.org/page/professionalfees
By calling full-time ministers, congregations covenant to support the material well being of those who provide sustained attention and professional skill to support the spiritual well being of the congregation. In such a relationship, most ministerial services, including rites of passage for contributing members of a congregation, are generally understood to be part of the congregation's shared ministry.
Outside of that context when there is no written agreement between a congregation and a minister specifying specific ministerial services as part of a covenant or contract, fees apply.
The Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association publishes guidelines for minimum fees for ministerial services adjusted by typical wages in a particular geographic area. (Geo Indices for areas with UU congregations are available on the Salary Recommendations for Congregational Staff page on the Unitarian Universalist Association's website.)
Individual ministers may adjust their fees upward from the guidelines as their setting and experience warrant it. To be in right relationship to one another, ministers are encouraged not to charge less than the guidelines.
Please also note that as of January 1, 2020, congregations in California that invite a person to provide a guest sermon or lead a worship service must consider that person an employee per California Assembly Bill 5.
Ministerial Service Rates
Link to table of ministerial service fee guidelines: https://www.uuma.org/page/professionalfees
By calling full-time ministers, congregations covenant to support the material well being of those who provide sustained attention and professional skill to support the spiritual well being of the congregation. In such a relationship, most ministerial services, including rites of passage for contributing members of a congregation, are generally understood to be part of the congregation's shared ministry.
Outside of that context when there is no written agreement between a congregation and a minister specifying specific ministerial services as part of a covenant or contract, fees apply.
The Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association publishes guidelines for minimum fees for ministerial services adjusted by typical wages in a particular geographic area. (Geo Indices for areas with UU congregations are available on the Salary Recommendations for Congregational Staff page on the Unitarian Universalist Association's website.)
Individual ministers may adjust their fees upward from the guidelines as their setting and experience warrant it. To be in right relationship to one another, ministers are encouraged not to charge less than the guidelines.
Please also note that as of January 1, 2020, congregations in California that invite a person to provide a guest sermon or lead a worship service must consider that person an employee per California Assembly Bill 5.
