Once you’ve made a decision about who to appoint as your new pastor/member of staff, there are still a few things to talk through and agree with them. These may be things that you already have planned for and stated in adverts and communications but you still need to be sit down and work these… Continue reading Appointing a new pastor -the things you need to agree in the contract.
Tag: recruitment
Interviewing a potential pastor: What do you ask them?
In an interview with a potential staff member or pastor, you have an opportunity to do two things, first to go over any questions arising from their application and secondly, to find out a bit more about their pastoral competency, what would they be like in a pastoral and counselling situation. So how do you… Continue reading Interviewing a potential pastor: What do you ask them?
The pastor’s job interview
I’m continuing to share thoughts on how to approach recruitment of new pastors and I thought ti might be worth homing in on the interview. Now, remember that I write as someone who favours a relational approach and developing leaders from within. However, many churches may still find that they need to look outside of… Continue reading The pastor’s job interview
Pastors in the market place?
John Benton writes that “there is an elephant in the room” and that it is that “far fewer men are coming forward to train for the ministry than there are pastors coming up to retirement. This is a big matter for the future of evangelical churches, but I am not hearing many conversations about it… Continue reading Pastors in the market place?
Adding workers to your team -who to look for
I was reflecting further on the conversation from the other day about staff wages, in particular Youth workers and wondered if there was a little bit more to say here, not so much about the salaries themselves but about what they may be saying about other issues in terms of recruitment. The point was crystalised… Continue reading Adding workers to your team -who to look for
What is a woman’s role worth?
Over the past year as I was considering what future ministry might look like I spent some time looking at job adverts for church and Christian organisation roles. Alongside traditional pastorates were a whole variety of specialised roles. This included children’s and families workers. One thing I have noticed a few times is that when… Continue reading What is a woman’s role worth?
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