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How to Use a Hiring Rubric for Church Staffing Positions

Hiring for any staff position in your church is a very important task. When you look at candidates, there are important factors to consider beyond experience or skill. For most positions, you’ll want to consider character, cultural alignment with your church, theological positions, and many other things. In order to…

Lynsey L'EcuyerJuly 15, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

How to Fire Someone from Your Church with Compassion

How to Fire Someone from Your Church with Compassion Dealing with the difficult task of letting go of an employee can be quite challenging for any leader. Even with careful planning, it's never an easy process. When it comes to church staff, the situation is even more complex due to…

Lynsey L'ecuyerJuly 12, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

The Comprehensive Guide to Writing a Church Administrative Assistant Job Description

So, you’re looking to hire a church administrative assistant? Administrative assistants are the unsung heroes who keep the church office running smoothly. Writing a job description that attracts the perfect candidate can be a bit tricky. No worries, though! We’ve created this comprehensive guide to writing a church administrative assistant…

Lynsey L'EcuyerMay 14, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

7 Must-Have Traits to Include in a Worship Pastor Job Description

Hiring the right worship pastor for your church is crucial to the success and impact of your congregation. Worship is highly visible and communicates your church’s culture. The people on your stage express what your church is all about. This is why you should never rush the hiring process when you’re hiring a worship pastor. With this in mind, here…

Paul L'EcuyerMay 7, 2024

Church Leadership Job Search

What Does a Church Financial Assistant Do?

Managing a church’s finances and expenses can be a difficult and stressful responsibility for anyone. Not only do you need to manage a church’s budgets and cash flow, but you’re constantly having to hunt down and reconcile multiple expenses from many different departments. A financial assistant can help ease some of the pressure on the primary financial manager of…

Paul L'EcuyerMay 7, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring Interview Tips

20 Must-Ask Interview Questions for Ministry Leaders

Interviewing candidates for ministry leadership positions is a crucial process that requires careful consideration. Ministry leaders play a vital role in guiding and shepherding congregations. To help you identify the most qualified candidates and ensure a successful interview process, we have created the ultimate list of must-ask interview questions for…

Lynsey L'EcuyerMay 2, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

6 Toxic Church Staff Culture Traits

Have you ever been on a toxic church staff? It is not enjoyable, and it slows the progress of the church. The leader’s primary task for the church is to create a healthy culture, starting with their personal life that flows down to the staff and, as a result, flows…

Kevin BordeauxApril 16, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

8 Ways to Help Your Church During the Pastoral Transition Process

The loss of a senior pastor can be like losing a family member. Congregations grow comfortable with their pastor–their personality, sermons, and humor. The staff and board with whom the pastor worked closest within the ministry also feels a pastoral loss. A pastoral transition is often sudden. The congregation and…

Kevin BordeauxApril 5, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring

7 Tips for Ministry Team Building

Any successful church or organization is built on a good team. In fact, an organization can only go as far as the strength of the team. With a good team that is unified, anything is possible. Complicated things become simple, and the team rallies around the cause to make things…

Paul L'EcuyerApril 3, 2024

Church Leadership Hiring Job Search

10 Scary Church Leadership Qualities You Want to Avoid

Over the last several years, more and more toxic and unhealthy leadership has been exposed and addressed. There are documentaries, plenty of YouTube videos, and so much social media content discussing these unhealthy leaders. The truth is that each of those leaders is human. They are all capable of error…

Lynsey L'EcuyerApril 3, 2024

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