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Church Leadership And Infrastructure Development

Performance Evaluations Are Overrated

Do Performance Evaluations Really Improve Performance?

Performance appraisals are good … right? Of course, periodically giving people feedback on their performance is a good thing. Isn’t it? I guess that depends on what you mean by a “good thing.” Doing performance appraisals seems like a good thing to do intuitively, but have you ever given any thought to what they actually accomplish? No … I mean “really” give it some thought. They give managers something to do at … [Read more...]

Minister’s Housing Allowance Determination

A Process To Help Churches Help Their Staffs To Determine And Gain Approval For Their Housing Allowance Designations Each Year

One of the questions I get most often at this time of the year is on the topic of the Minister’s Housing Allowance. Not what it is or anything, but rather how to implement a process for helping a minister determine it and how to facilitate the “board approval” required by the IRS tax code. The issue is how to have the board do the approval and how to show that approval on a document somewhere, for each minister. … [Read more...]

Human Resources Manager

Another One Of The Many Roles Of The Executive Pastor

Another way the executive pastor serves the church is in the role of Human Resources (HR) Manager. Either directly or indirectly (an HR Manager reporting directly to them) the executive pastor is responsible for "human resources management." So what does this important role entail? The executive pastor is responsible for supporting and enhancing the church's staff by planning, implementing, and evaluating staff … [Read more...]

The Executive Pastor Is A “Peacemaker”

One Of The Many Roles Of The Executive Pastor

Do you know the difference between a "peacemaker" and a "peacekeeper?" What did Jesus mean in Matthew 5:9 when he said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God"? Simply put, a peacekeeper will settle for anything to keep the peace, believing that it's more important to keep everything "calm" and peaceful than it is to resolve anything. In contrast, the peacemaker works tirelessly to … [Read more...]