I doubt this question keeps your pastor awake at night, but if he isn't sure about the answer, he should be up nights sweating it out.
There is a human tendency to create pyramids. Apparently we are impressed with pyramids and think the bigger the pyramid the more important the people are who are involved in the building of the pyramid. As impressive as pyramids may be, they are about death and not about life. The may point toward the heavens, but in reality they trap people on earth.
And the point...
In church life and leadership we must constantly watch for our tendency to build pyramids. God is a farmer not a pharaoh.