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 →
One of the important documents every ministry should have on its shelf is a church employee policy manual.
Churches that have the resources to pay employees should strive to create environments that attract the best and the brightest.
These ministries that value their employees take the time to create policies, procedures and compensation strategies that create a healthy work environment.
Part of that process is writing down those policies, procedures and benefits so that employees can understand what is expected of them and what they can expect as an employee of the ministry. Read the Full Article →
Most people work for a ministry because they feel called to do so. However, these people have the expectation that they will receive fair compensation. A church salary range can help.
So what is fair compensation? And how do you determine what to pay people?
Determining pay can be a particularly difficult for a startup church because they don’t have the resources to do salary comps or to pay someone to help them. Read the Full Article →
Church staff conflict? Sounds like an oxymoron right?
We often think that working for a church eliminates the conflict factor – well because we’re Christians, right? Wrong!
People are people, and whether they work for the insurance company down the street, the local hospital or church – conflict is inevitable.
Why? Well we are all different and we all come from different backgrounds which contributes to how we respond to the work environment. Read the Full Article →
If you are like me you don’t know anyone who likes conflict. We experience conflict when there are disagreements, misunderstandings or simply poor communication. During these time we need to refer to Bible verses about conflict!
The way we respond to conflict can either takes us down a path to a healthy resolution or a path of long-term strife.
Those of us who call ourselves Christians are called to a higher standard. Read the Full Article →
A recent Pew Research Center study showed that majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube. And, Church social media use is on the rise.
The social usage of other platforms varies by demographic but those are the most popular.
For instance, 78% of adults 18-24 years use Snapchat.
Social media has become a standard tool for communicating and one that needs to be embraced! Read the Full Article →
