부목사와 전도사의 근로자성

Abstract

Traditionally, religious people have been recognized as noble beings who voluntarily devote themselves to the sense of calling, heal people’s souls, do not dwell on wealth and honor, but engage in missionary activities. Therefore, it is strange to see religious people as employees who provide work for wage purposes. However, there is a huge difference between religious people from the perspective of the general public and religious people in reality. The chief pastor is in an employer’s position under the Labor Standards Act. On the other hand, most associate pastors and missionaries assist the chief pastor to preach and educate, and participate in various events (including weddings and funerals), driving, and cleaning, but the reward is often less than the minimum wage. Most of them do not write a labor contract, so when the chief pastor tells them to quit, they are suddenly driven to the streets without severance pay. In addition, most of them do not have industrial accident compensation insurance or employment insurance, so they cannot receive proper compensation even if they are injured while working, and they cannot receive unemployment benefits even if they are unemployed. This paper critically examines the employee’ nature of them after examining the status of the associate pastors and missionaries in the church law, tax law, employment law, and social security law. In conclusion, it is suggested that they will be protected by employment law and social security law in recognition of their employee’ nature.