should pastors work outside the church??

i am thinking about going back to school to pursue a degree in communications, however i have many reservations about doing it. i wonder will it really be worth anything when i actually get it, or if i really even need it to land the type of job that i want. i also wonder about paying for it-how will i-what scholarships are available-where can i find a good list of them and how hard are they to apply for (i can't afford to take out loans). being a pastor i wonder if that would help me any or if it would point me in another direction all together? i feel god has called me to be a pastor (otherwise i would have quit a long time ago), but i also feel that pastors burden their churches and cause them to not be able to do much ministry because they spend their money paying them.

i notice that when paul talks about it he says that he worked while he was with everyone so that they wouldn't be hindered by him taking their money and stuff. but i also see that he says a worker deserves to be paid (which most people equate to paying a pastor), but this could be taken a lot of different ways. it could mean that any worker deserves to be paid-people we might employ-it could simply mean that a pastor should be respected? it could truly mean that if a pastor was in need that they should take care of them but not to the neglect of doing god's work. where do you draw the line. but think about this for a minute if a church didn't have to pay big salaries and benefits and pay mortgages and utilities for their pastors how much more could they do in their communities to spread the good news? wouldn't this model make more sense-a model where everyone participated in helping the "church".

shouldn't every believer be involved in some form of ministry-not following a model where everyone is served by the paid staff. is it really even following god because you love him if you have to be paid to do it? most people will do just about anything if they are paid enough to do it. do we want the church to operate this way as well. where we pay people to love others and be kind to us and they get paid to come visit us? does this really show any love at all besides the love of the pay check? how many pastors decide where to pastor based on the salary and benefits instead of listening to the voice of god? is this really how jesus envisioned the church-people paying others to love them and take care of them? or did he just say that everyone was supposed to do that?

so now back to my original thoughts-if i would go back to college and get a new degree in communications would it really benefit me any, or would it hinder me more than help? i want to be able to have a job that pays eneough to support my family without sucking the church dry because i need them to pay me. if they have extra and want to give it that is one thing but not to the neglect of the ministries that they should be doing.

what are your thoughts about pastors and them getting paid?