Tag: staff
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4 Roles a Senior Pastor Can’t Delegate
You want to lead a thriving church. But we know you’ve all experienced it: Everyone needs something from the pastor. In some churches, the pastor is expected to do everything. In others, the organization has grown complex, and your role has followed suit. You know you have to take the lead in giving ministry away…
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Getting Your Church Staff Team Unstuck
You can have a great vision, but if the team isn’t healthy and high-performing, the church won’t experience health and growth. More than ten years ago (gosh that’s hard to believe) I started The Unstuck Group. This was after being a part of several great teams both before and during my life in ministry. My…
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Top Posts of 2019 #7: “How to Build a Problem Solving Culture at your Church”
I mentioned when I began this countdown that team culture came up. I’ve fielded a lot of questions from church leaders on this topic and this post resonated with those conversations. The best ideas don’t always come from where you think they come from. In the Church we tend to hire professional pastors who are…
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Why the Grass isn’t Greener at that other Church
If you haven’t noticed, church staffing has become a competitive market in recent years. So much so that a quick Google search of “Church Staff Search Firms” will provide you with a list of companies whose entire purpose is to help staff local churches, and whom didn’t exist 20 years ago. By the way, some…
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How to get a Promotion at your Church Staff Job
I’ve met a lot of young ministry staff members who have expressed interest in having more responsibility, more authority, and more influence in the churches they’re leading in. They think they’re ready for a promotion. If they don’t get the promotion that they think they deserve, it can become a catalyst to them leaving their…