One of the questions I get most often at this time of the year is the Minister’s Housing Allowance. Not what it is or anything, but how to implement a process for helping a minister determine it and facilitate the “board approval” required by the IRS tax code. The issue is how to have the board do the approval and show it on a document somewhere for each minister. This is especially an issue in larger churches, … [Read more...]
Operations Leader Ministry Description
Ministry Description ... The "Job Description" For Volunteers
Purpose Serving as Operations Leader helps to ensure the church is operationally strong through leadership and coordination of all church operations activities, from weekend service logistics and security to ongoing care and maintenance of facilities and grounds. This includes leadership of volunteer team leaders in setup and teardown, sign placement and retrieval, logistics and security, facilities program … [Read more...]
Ministry Staff Questionnaire
Evaluating Theological And Philosophy Of Ministry Alignment Early In The Recruiting Process
We want to thank you for your interest in working at our church. We’re excited to explore how God can use us as a team to build a dynamic church that effectively helps people become fully devoted followers of Jesus. This questionnaire is strictly voluntary, but it is an important tool for us to get to know potential team members better. Below you’ll find a series of questions that will help us discern God’s will … [Read more...]
Schedule Of Ministry
A Pretty Good Method For Managing A "Flexible Work Schedule" For Church Staff
How do church leaders balance the need to have a core working environment in the office and a flexible work schedule that allows church staff to meet with potential leaders and do other stuff that must be done outside of "normal business hours?" I can't say that I've found "the answer," but I want to share a "method" I've implemented. You want to maintain a flexible work schedule, allowing your staff to arrange … [Read more...]