Oh, I know there are those who are making a lot of extra expenses by trying to live too high. However, I had reference to what I believe you will consider as legitimate expenses. Consider his clothes. He must endeavor to strike a happy medium and appear neat at all times. As work clothes are cheaper than suits, the item of clothes adds to a preacher's expense account rather heavily.
Food is another expensive item in any home, but especially so in the home of the average evangelist.
While this makes added work on his wife, and usually necessitates the children giving up their usual beds, I remember few if any complaints along this line. Besides the joy of entertaining brethren, he will often have neighbors and friends in for meals in order that he might influence them for Christ. Another little item of expense is postage. Due to a heavy correspondence this small expenditure sometimes seems large to one with such a limited income. However, the thing that reduces the resources of an evangelist quicker than for the average member is traveling expenses.