Churches have generally avoided legal entanglements for most of my life, but that’s changing. Over the last decade, we’ve seen major religious liberty litigation, ministry and denominational sexual abuse cases, ministry-employee rights disagreements and more. It’s clear that ministry lawsuit risk is increasing, so what are we to do? While
The conventional approach for church fundraising is to finance essential operating expenses with a regular budget and collect special offerings for missions and large capital expenditures. Add to that mix special needs that arise throughout the year and many churches respond with additional love offerings for special causes and situations.
Early in my ministry life, I remember a weekly staff meeting around a large conference table in a cramped room (with fluorescent lights and leather-bound club chairs). At the time, I didn’t think much about the setting or the meeting outcomes, but in retrospect, I see how the two things
Making good ministry hiring decisions is both an art and a science. On the subjective side, you have to discern whether a candidate has the intangible likability, relational skills and emotional intelligence to succeed in ministry. On the objective side, you have to be satisfied that a candidate can do
A few of my favorite demotivators from Despair, Inc. are the ones describing the pointlessness of meetings, committees and teamwork: Meetings. None of us is as dumb as all of us.Teamwork. A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.Committees. Just like teamwork. Only without the work.
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