Executive Pastor Online

Church Leadership And Infrastructure Development

Small Groups Pastor Job Description

Defining And Documenting Staff Duties, Responsibilities, And Qualifications

General Description The Small Groups Pastor is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the congregation is connecting with one another and building community through a strong, healthy, and growing small group ministry. This includes the development and execution of an annual growth plan, group leader identification and recruitment, small group curriculum development, and ongoing leadership and coaching of group … [Read more...]

Strategic Plan Critical Strategies And Key Objectives

The "Execution" Section Of The Annual Strategic Planning Process

The “actionable” part of the Strategic Plan consists of critical strategies, each broken into key objectives. Critical strategies are the highest-level objectives that begin to break the plan down into its different and distinct areas of focus. Key objectives are the detailed actions identified under each critical strategy. The church's critical strategies and key objectives are outlined below: (1) Numerical … [Read more...]

Truth And Grace In Practice

Contemplating The Approach To Creating Policies And Procedures In The Church

I remember reading Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend a while back. it was a great read! I loved how Andy Stanley addressed the need; when developing policies, processes, and procedures; to think in terms of guidelines, rather than strict, black and white decisions when dealing with people issues with staff and the church at large. In chapter 4, Just As I Ain't. Andy Stanley … [Read more...]

Infrastructure And Leadership

Believing That Lack Of Solid Infrastructure Is A Leadership Issue

Truly good leadership is hard to find. Many people in leadership positions (it has been my experience) shouldn't be. It's sad but true. So, when an organization is fortunate enough to have solid leadership in place, leveraging it is HUGE. It's all about scalability! How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around, and good leaders are extremely … [Read more...]