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Question: Is it scriptural for the church to provide a house for
the preacher to live in?


1 Cor. 9:14
     The Lord has ordained that a preacher should derive a
livelihood from the work of preaching the Gospel. A house in which
to live is a part of his living. Whether the preacher receives a
check for the full amount of his livelihood, or part of it is
furnished otherwise for him by the church matters very little, so
far as authority is concerned--it is all a part of his living.

Phil. 4:15-20: "The things which were sent from you" which implies
that something other than actual money was received.

2 Cor. 11:8: received "wages" from churches. cf. Lk. 3:14 in
reference to soldier's pay.

There is the matter of expediency within law that will determine
both the amount and nature of support for one who preaches the
Gospel. 
(Patton,171,172)










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