Recently hired TCU head swimming and diving coach James Winchester announced the hiring of his staff, adding Anthony Crowder, Nathan Lavery, Birkir Jonsson, and Jean Madison to the TCU family. “I’m really
Some of you reading this post may need to get a new job. At least you may need to get an additional job.
There are certain staff members that are just toxic to the rest of the staff, yet beloved by members of your congregation. How do you let these people go?
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I serve on the board of a local youth leadership program. These students are the top of their class, so the entry is competitive. Part of qualifying process is an interview with board members — most who are seasoned business and community leaders. I am always reminded in the process how interviewing, as critical as it is to acquiring a position, is not something everyone knows how to do — regardless of their other accomplishments<br>I’ve found that to be true in the…
The challenge with discipleship is that everyone has their own idea of what it is. What you think of, when you think of discipleship, will inevitably skew the way you practice it.
Many church members do not fully grasp how disruptive a pastor’s departure is to the remaining staff. The staff are left behind, even if it’s not in an eschatological sense.
Picture someone trying to get a truth across to you by taking a huge King James Version of the Bible and hitting you over the head with it. Now, that would be a literal interpretation of a Bible-thumper. But metaphorically, it is someone who...
It’s easy to get busy managing people, getting things done and moving toward the vision.
Don’t be surprised if you find some outstanding candidates either younger or older than you expected. Age is important. But it should not be everything.
If you get a group of pastors and church staff together, you will inevitably hear some pretty unusual comments they received from church members.
"The reality is that almost no one stays with the same job for his or her entire lifetime."
There’s no getting around the fact that church salaries and benefits consumes a large portion of the budget.
Let's be honest though, pastors. When you have great staff people, the team is set and everything is going well, it's hard when someone leaves. Even when they are leaving for a better opportunity - it often stinks.
It can be difficult to help your staff become motivated about their future. But when you're able to encourage their saving by helping them understand the concept of their future funded ministry, saving begins to have a purpose and something that they can look forward to. &nbsp
I’m not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way, I became the old guy on our church staff. I don’t think of myself as old. I’m social media savv
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