Category: Staffing
How to Move from Bad Cop to Good Cop as a Leader
One of the primary issues that leaders face is managing well the people or teams that they oversee. Lead Pastors often wrestle with the tension between being authority to paid staff and being friend/mentor/developer to the paid staff that they …
Why each Person on your Staff should Create an Annual Plan
Leading and managing a staff is one of the most challenging parts of being a church leader. Whether you have 1, 5 or 50 staff members, being proactive in leading your staff is essential. Many pastors are confident with Scripture, …
How to Lead and Develop your Church Staff
Caring for existing customers is widely seen as a better investment than finding new ones in the business world. (It costs 6–7 times more to acquire a new customer than retain an existing one – Bain & Company.) Perhaps there …
The Second Staff Person a Church should Hire
Adding a second paid person to a church staff is a momentous occasion. You have grown! You can afford to hire someone! But who should a solo pastor or church planter should add to the “staff” team? A worship leader? …
3 Church Staffing Mistakes to Avoid
Most churches designate funds to pay church leaders. Smaller churches may pay only one pastor while larger churches often pay many staff members. But how can a church best invest its limited amount of staffing dollars? Who should we hire …