Membership is not all that important at our church, about a third of respondents to a recent Leadership Weekly poll said. While 38 percent said attenders were frequently urged to join, and 34 percent said the membership appeal was occasionally given, the remainder said their church placed little or no emphasis on membership. That trend, according to many experts, is a mistake, the costly result of ...
An administrative assistant can be like the hub of a wheel. All good things revolve around this well-organized, dependable, and caring center. It's important, then, that an assistant does everything possible to represent who he or she works for in the best way possible. Four traits no church administrative assistant should be without include:
1. Discretion. The wisdom to refrain from indiscriminately ...
A pastor—with input from his assistant—shares the ten things an assistant and a supervisor can do to increase satisfaction in a support role:
1. Preparation for reality.People regularly tell our church's administrative assistant how blessed she is to work in a church office. She stifles her guffaws. She was fairly "worldly wise" when we hired her, but I think the incredible level of nit-picking, ...
DEVOTIONS Advice From an Experienced Leader Build confidence as you learn the roles and responsibilities of serving as an administrative assistant. interview with Pamela R. Smith
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Pamela R. Smith and her husband, Kenny, oversee Equipping Ministries (www.equippingministries.com; www.churchsecretary.org), a training ministry for churches. She has worked as a church administrator, business manager, and church daycare administrator. Her ministry includes training church administrative staff and other church leaders.
How important is an administrative assistant to the health and ...
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