Although church staff evaluations are used to determine many things regarding the work performance of church staff members, the purpose of this article is to show how staff evaluations can be used to determine whether salary increases are justified.
The one area of church staffing that seems to cause more disagreements than any other is the reviewing processes that churches use to evaluate whether ...
One pastor recently said, "I would rather ride a bucking bronco of a church than try to prop up a dead mule." It's helpful to know if you're going to get either of those beasts before you mount up.
Just as the search committee is going to be thorough, the candidate needs to be thorough, as well. Here is a list of strategic questions to help you discern any potential problems when you're seeking that ...
I took a deep breath to push the fatigue from my mind and body. After traveling seven hours to be here, my wife and I were now holding cups of strong coffee, surrounded by thirty people, and trying to connect names with faces.
Members of the committee examined us closely, some smiling, some sizing us up like wary customers looking for a used car. Four months of correspondence, telephone conversations, ...
I shall always prize a man from a church in southern Illinois. He was the chairman of a pastor search committee, and he came to visit with me prior to arranging an interview for the whole committee. He attended our church in a major metropolitan area and had lunch in our home in a large suburb. At the end of the weekend, he asked, "How long do you think you could live in a community of 5,000 people?" ...
DEVOTIONS Jilted Again Candidating means you gotta know how to handle rejection. Bob Myers
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I've been here before and I don't like it. Rejection hurts. Recently, I spent three months interviewing for a position—three months of answering philosophical questions, submitting videos and recordings, meeting on conference calls, and finally making an on-site visit. When things didn't work out, I felt like the groom in a Julia Roberts movie. Once more I was left at the altar.
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