Strategy, Method, and Analysis for Church Leaders

Should We Hire Staff That Doesn’t Attend Our Church?

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I’m learning of more and more churches that make it a policy to hire staff that doesn’t attend their church. I find this very interesting. Tim Stevens, in his post Work Here? Attend Here says it’s about avoiding conflict. While I appreciate his opinion and am sure this is often the case, I have a [...]

Is Membership a “Requirement” to be a Paid Staff Member?

I’m part of a fairly large (90+) network of independent Christian church executive pastors, and we often engage one another in discussions on various topics. Recently, there’s been much discussion about whether or not a church staff member needs to be part of the church. Let me clarify this a bit more. Should involvement in [...]