Episode 47: Adding Staff

Episode 47: Adding Staff

 

Look at this as a major event in your church family

Pray! Pray and pray some more!

 

Look at it from 2 perspectives

 

From the Pastor's perspective

1. 1. What jobs can only I do?
   2. What jobs do I need to give away?
   3. What ministry jobs suck the life out of me?
   4. What am I doing that is keeping me from accomplishing my calling?
   5. Am I just trying to take care of a friend?
   6. Am I as pastor prepared to supervise another person.

From the Church perspective

1. 1. Will a staff position take away from lay ministry?
   2. Will this make financial sense?
   3. Are we doing this just to make someone or a group happy?
   4. Are we hiring someone just to cover up issues that we don't want to deal with?

After answering questions and praying through this - 

1. Go through the proper channels in your church
2. Get a team on board to promote and plan and develop a job description
3. Keep praying
4. Don't settle 

 

Once they are on-board

1. Communicate the plan for supervision
2. Watch for communication landmines
3. Have the "team" meet with the new staff member monthly for 6 months just to encourage and answer questions- then again at the end of first year.