Backstage Pastors Episode 5: Pastoral Compensation w/ David Fletcher
18th March 2026
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In this episode of Backstage Pastors™️ Phil and Tyler sit down with David Fletcher, founder of XPastor.org, one of the most comprehensive resource hubs for executive pastors. David shares the origin story of his work, which began out of a lack of available research and has grown into a platform with thousands of resources and hundreds of thousands of annual users.
The conversation explores practical tools available to executive pastors, including free courses, weekly webinars, and a robust salary database built from billions of dollars of church compensation data. David explains how churches can leverage this data for better, more objective compensation decisions and discusses the value of independent compensation studies.
David is a wealth of knowledge gleaned from years of serving executive pastors — and from being one.
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Chapters
01:34 – Introducing David Fletcher & XPastor.org
07:29 – The Origin Story of XPastor
10:00 – Free Resources for Executive Pastors
12:00 – Courses, Webinars & Getting Started
14:11 – Compensation Data & Salary Forecaster
17:00 – Why Churches Need Compensation Studies
23:41 – Benefits, Trends & Staffing Insights
27:39 – The Retirement Crisis for Pastors
29:13 – Innovation, AI & Leadership Mindset
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