staff
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Do you have staff members who are paid to go to church or church members who are paid to be on staff?
This is a really important distinction. And it’s important that you keep making it clear both to your church and your staff team. Some church staff members see themselves kind of like “consultants”. They are only at this particular church… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #5: more accessible staff
A common issue raised with the idea of staffing according to purposes is that people won’t know who their pastor is. The first response to this is to passive-aggressively infer that anyone who asks that question has some some sort… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #4: You’re not an all-rounder
So there’s something like 5 big reasons or purposes behind everything we do in ministry… But chances are you have a bent towards 2 or maybe 3 of them. That is, you agree with all the big purposes, you love… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #3 : You already do them (probably badly)
If you’re in paid full time ministry, you’ve already thought hard about WHY you do the things your doing. You’ve thought hard about why you spend 10hrs on one thing, and only 2 on the other, right? (Ok well lets… Continue reading
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Why you should staff purposes #2: Not programs!
I’ve spoken to a fair number of people who’ve told me they’ve tried the “purpose based” model of church staff, or sometimes they call it the “portfolio model”. But when you dig a little deeper, it turns out they haven’t… Continue reading
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Why you should staff “purposes” #1: Because you have a team of leaders
If you have a team of staff you should assign them purposes not congregations. In other words; staff “team” = Purpose based model is usually best. The reason for this is kinda simplistic, but it seems it needs to be… Continue reading
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MTS training is all about #2… Developees not Employees
There are two very different categories of thinking when it comes to taking on MTS Trainees. First, you and your staff team, and your elders, and your key leaders, and everyone in your church needs to be convinced that your… Continue reading
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Recognise if people have a “trust leak”
It’s worth being attune to the fact that some people have a tendency to be distrustful. The standard pattern goes something like this… they appear withdrawn you go and chat to them they say they don’t “feel” right about something… Continue reading
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The type of room you meet in matters!!
Our youth group used to meet in a school basketball court. It was great for games and activities, and the leaders thought the small group times worked pretty well. Until they moved to a purpose built venue with lounges and… Continue reading
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Define what TYPE of conversation you’re having
What type of conversation are we having? Because if you think we’re having a “Let’s come to an agreement before we move on anything” conversation, and I think we’re having a “tell me your ideas, perspectives, issues with my plans… Continue reading
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Solve or manage? What type of tension are you dealing with?
There’s only two things you can do when you face a tension; a situation when you are faced with two good things and you can’t easily do both they way you’d like to. You can either solve the tension or… Continue reading
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Do you help people say no?
As a general rule, people who end up in Full-time paid ministry are they type of people who can either say “yes” to everything (and get it done), or they’re the type of people who feel comfortable saying “no” to… Continue reading
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