Churches are called to reach the lost and help those in need. Often this is done through a community outreach program. To create a community outreach program, your church will need to go through some initial planning.
To have a successful church event – whether that is community outreach, vacation bible school or a church business meeting, organization and planning is essential! Read the Full Article →
It’s hard to believe but we are almost into the 4th quarter of 2018. As we move closer to the end of the year it might be a good time to think about your 2019 church planning and what you should be doing now.
There is an old saying “If you fail to plan – you plan to fail”.
Planning helps us stay focused on those things that move us closer to achieving our mission.
Read the Full Article →The term leadership is defined as “the ability to lead; an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction.” Church leadership is about how we behave, communicate and manage others.
This word is used in many forms to describe countless things, but it is ultimately the act of leading a group of people in a shared direction.
To be considered a leader, you have to have people who will follow you. Read the Full Article →
With unemployment rates at historical lows, some employers may use a tuition assistance program as a tool to attract, engage and retain employees.
I am an advocate for employer educational assistance because I benefited from such a program early in my career.
The healthcare organization I worked for offered a generous tuition assistance program that allowed me to finish an undergraduate degree. Read the Full Article →
Churches are always looking for ways to recruit new members and visitors are one source of that recruitment. When someone visits a church, they walk away with impressions of their experience and a Church Visitor Packet plays an important role in that perception.
Churches are called to reach their communities. They do this by developing Christians who can demonstrate Christian principles in their everyday life and hopefully influence those around them. Read the Full Article →
Church financial accountability leads to credibility. Churches have 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.
However, many may not have basic business training that is required when you manage the valuable resources that God provides – people, time and money. Read the Full Article →
I worked the Welcome Center at my church and had more than the occasional visitor stop and ask about our Statement of Faith or what we as a church believed.
My church was proactive in taking the time to stop and think about the belief system that drove its mission and took this statement and created a handout.
This helped those of us who worked at the Welcome Center because it made it easy to answer that question. Read the Full Article →
The economy is booming, unemployment is low but there may be times when you should consider offering an employee a severance pay package.
Churches in particular, should at least consider offering severance pay to an employee who leaves involuntarily because of the reality that most church employees don’t qualify for unemployment benefits.
A severance pay package can help bridge the gap in pay for church employees who leave employment involuntarily. Read the Full Article →
Employee turnover is often difficult, particularly for a church. Regardless of the reason for an employee leaving, there are several things that need to be done. A tool that can help you is a termination checklist.
If you read this site much you know that we are all about using checklists to help manage churches because these tools can help us stay focused and get everything that is required done. Read the Full Article →
Establishing church employee salaries is time well spent because men and women who are employed by churches are working for the greater-good!
People work for churches because they feel a calling and have a passion for the ministry.
However there is an unspoken expectation that church employees will be compensated fairly.
There is an almost laughable misconception that “church” employees only work on Sunday and sit around the rest of the week reading their bible and praying. Read the Full Article →
