Preparing to Interview a Job Candidate

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Managing the human resource function of a church is every bit as challenging as managing people in any other business setting.  A church is only as strong as the people it employs, and weak employees can affect the ability of the church to flourish and meet objectives.  As Jim Collins states in Good to Great: [...]

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Church Financial Accountability – 4 Reasons to Pursue ECFA Accreditation

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Managing a church has many of the same challenges as managing a business and requires a lot of the same business processes to be successful.  Church leaders pursue their call to lead a congregation and may have lots of training in theology and biblical principles but may not have basic business training that is required [...]

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Church Management – Using Councils to Help Guide the Church

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In Jim Collins’ book, Good to Great, he talks about using councils to help guide the organization.  Councils should be made up of a group of the right people to discuss, debate, and make decisions about the administration and management of the church.  People selected to serve on councils should be those with knowledge, experience [...]

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Decision Making Process – 4 Decision Making Tips

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  Managing church operations presents many challenges and decision making is at the core of all managerial functions.  There are many approaches to decision making in business management and it is important to have consistency in the managerial decision making process. There are daily decision that need to be made and a structured process helps [...]

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Church Communication Management

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  Good communication management is critical to the success of any organization but specifically to non-profits that are built on the trust and donations of their members.  People involved in a ministry have a vested interest in what the organization is doing and how they are performing.  Church communication management is about sharing information in [...]

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Church Leadership – 14 Leadership Traits

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Leadership means “the ability to lead; an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction.” Church leadership is about how we behave, communicate and manage others.  The term is used in many forms to describe many things, but it is ultimately the act of leading people in a certain direction.  It requires followers before someone can [...]

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Example Church Voicemail

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Voice-mail is an electronic system that is used to record and store voice messages when we are away from our phones. I was around back in the day when there were no electronic tools used to answer the telephone.  Early in my career, office phones had to be answered by a live person or risk [...]

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Church Employee Dress Code

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  As a grade-schooler I learned the discipline of dress code because I went to a private school that required uniforms.  The positive aspect of wearing a uniform is that it takes the thinking out of what to wear in the morning, the downside is uniforms are usually boring and get old really quick.  The [...]

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Example Benefits for Church Employees

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Benefits for church employees are part of a strategy that is used to attract and retain key employees. Benefits vary greatly by organization and can be as simple as health insurance for church employees to as complex as flexible work schedules or on-campus day care. Benefit packages come in many shapes and sizes, depending on [...]

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Do Church Employees Get Unemployment Benefits?

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I was asked if church employees get unemployment benefits.  It is an interesting question because a lot of people don’t realize the church exemption for this benefit. Let’s start by explaining what unemployment benefits are and who is eligible for them.  Unemployment benefits are available to workers who lose their job involuntarily because of reasons [...]

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