Hiring
What are the best practices for hiring staff? Should you hire from inside or outside the church? Should you hire quickly or take your time, even if it stresses out the staff filling in temporarily? Should you check references and do background checks?
How to Interview a Spouse
Over our 18 years, we have spent more money and time researching interviewing spouses than maybe any singular issue. If you win the spouse, you win the house! Come learn from our mistakes, and what [...]
Internship Applications and Checklist
There are always lots of questions about paid and unpaid internships. Steven Goodspeed, Partner at My Church Law Firm has provided these two forms in Word format. The important question is one of compensation. [...]
The Ripple Effect of Vacancies: Lessons from The Compass Church
Introduction Every church leader eventually faces the reality of a staff vacancy. A beloved pastor accepts a new call, a trusted leader retires, or unexpected life events create sudden change. In those moments, the [...]
Vetting A Church as a Prospective Staff Member
When considering working for a church, you may have a certain checklist in mind. Often we ask: Do I esteem the lead pastor? What is the staff culture like? Do they provide decent coffee [...]
Tell Tale Signs That You Are Interviewing Top Talent
When you are interviewing for a staff position, how can you tell that you are talking with top talent? That’s the core issue that William and David will be talking about in [...]
Keys to Successful Hiring and Firing—Part 2
The number 1 resource that Executive Pastors manage is human resources. The top two keys to stewarding human resources is how we hire and fire. In part 2 of this webinar, we [...]
Keys to Successful Hiring
The cost of a bad hire could be up to $250,000! That figure is from the Society of Human Resource Management, an expert HR organization. Say what?!? How can that be? When you consider [...]
Keys to Successful Hiring and Firing
The number 1 resource that Executive Pastors manage is human resources. The top two keys to stewarding human resources is how we hire and fire. In this webinar we will talk about [...]
Five Reasons You Might Not Be Hired
You can learn from other’s mistakes. If you avoid these areas, the chances of a long-term successful career at your next church will be greatly improved. I recently had the opportunity to correspond with [...]
An Important Ingredient in the Hiring Process
Long before I entertained the idea of being on staff at a large church, I was asked by our Executive Pastor to go to dinner with a candidate for our open Children’s Pastor position. [...]
This is the Perfect Season to Add a Residency
When resources are tight, and getting tighter, it could be the perfect time to add a residency to your staff team. Residency is a two year ramp towards full time employment that [...]
Hiring For Things You Can’t Find On A Resume
It can be easy for a candidate to look good on paper, however most times, a resume just scratches the surface. A resume can reflect more of a candidate's ability to reflect [...]
Helping New Hires Succeed from the Start
Launch: The First 90 Days When a new hire begins working at your ministry or organization, the first 90 days are a critical time for them to get onboarded and start well. [...]
Hiring for the Future of the Church
It’s critical for churches to have an online presence and engage with our online community. Not to mention, engaging digitally can fuel incredible life change when it’s done well. As we navigate [...]
Background Check Blueprint
When making personnel decisions including hiring, retention, promotion, and reassignment, employers and organizations sometimes want to consider the backgrounds of volunteers and employees. For example, some organizations might try to find out about the person’s [...]
An HR Professional’s Perspective on Reference Checks
Tiffany Henning is an expert in human resource issues. Henning earned certifications of Professional Human Resource (PHR) and Chartered Retirement Professional Counselor (CRPC). She created a non-profit human resource network called HR Ministry Solutions [...]
Fletch Talks with Vanderbloemen about Staffing
Fletch continues his discussion with William Vanderbloemen about staffing in the church. Hear this noted leader talk about staffing and how it impacts your church.
How to Hire the Right People for Your Church Staff
The most expensive hire you will ever make is the wrong person. So how can you discern who’s the right person? Staffing is one of the greatest challenges church leaders face. Learn [...]
The Comprehensive List of Interview Questions for Church Staff
Great interviews hinge on one key component: great questions. And most great and wise people are always on the lookout for good questions. Have you ever noticed how often the Bible says, “Jesus answered [...]
Top 10 Questions Employers Wish They Had Asked
Everyone has regrets, but after a bad hire, those “should have asked” questions pile up quickly! While typically an employer thinks ahead of time what questions they want to ask someone in the interview [...]
Sample Church Employment Application
Churches have asked for sample Employment Applications. Use this as a basis for your own application form. XPastor supplies this information for education purposes only. Consult an attorney or labor specialist to determine the [...]
Volunteer Hiring
Even this title, Volunteer Hiring, probably gets a lot of strange looks and you can hear the words, “You don’t hire volunteers, they volunteer. Their help is a service and a gift to you.” Their [...]
Church Staffing Firms: What Are the Options?
The church is not properly educated when it comes to understanding what their options are in hiring a pastoral staffing firm. Until recently, there was really only one option: Retained Pastoral Search Firms. Understanding [...]
A Preferred Hiring Path
Do you have a preferred path for making a hire at your church? Everything works better with a plan, including the selection of your next team member. The author of this article wrote up these [...]