Code of Conduct

Hey Fletch … We are hiring a part-timer in the tech area. The candidate is a great person, well qualified and a new believer. The issue is that I think he is living with his […]

By |2021-03-10T11:35:37-06:00March 10th, 2021|Hiring|

Church Hiring Toolkit

Tiffany Henning has created a helpful guide in “The Church Hiring Toolkit.” She goes from A to Z, with:

Carve out position
A. Analyze current staffing structure for options and fit
B. Describe the job duties needed
C. Decide […]

By |2021-05-23T13:23:58-05:00October 22nd, 2019|Hiring|

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 criminal […]

By |2021-09-29T14:14:05-05:00October 22nd, 2019|Hiring, Predators|

Free Church Hiring Toolkit

Tiffany Henning, the Chief People Person of HR Ministry Solutions, is making available to the XPastor community her Church Hiring Toolkit. This is an excellent 24 page resource. She says “Afraid of strings attached? There […]

By |2021-09-29T14:14:24-05:00March 5th, 2019|Hiring|

Plan for a New Hire 

Monday, September 24, 2018

Hey Fletch … As a Senior Pastor of a new and growing church, I have a staff member leaving. The role is the 10 hour a week, director of the worship services. […]

By |2021-09-11T10:02:15-05:00September 24th, 2018|Hiring|

Hiring Church Staff

Friday, April 20, 2018

Hey Fletch … Here in Nigeria I have a question. I would like to know if there are templates on church staff recruitment decision making … like a decision grid.

DRF—I’m not sure […]

By |2021-10-09T18:26:38-05:00April 20th, 2018|Hiring|

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 […]

By |2021-10-09T11:27:00-05:00May 23rd, 2017|Hiring|

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 […]

By |2016-10-12T10:59:28-05:00September 28th, 2016|Hiring|

Opportunity Profile

XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church—items like job descriptions, employment applications, review forms and church policies. Below is the Opportunity […]

By |2021-09-29T14:08:39-05:00June 2nd, 2015|Hiring|

The Hiring Process

One of the most exciting and challenging aspects of working together in a staff context is finding the right hire to fill an open position. The excitement comes from understanding that the staff group/team is […]

By |2016-10-12T11:00:02-05:00September 9th, 2013|Hiring|

Employment Application

XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church—items like job descriptions, employment applications, and opportunity profiles. Below is a link to an Employment Application from the Old North […]

By |2021-09-29T13:46:19-05:00January 13th, 2013|Hiring|

Opportunity Profile Example

XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church—items like job descriptions, employment applications, review forms and church policies. Below is the 2005 Opportunity Profile from Grace Covenant Church in […]

By |2022-05-02T20:49:14-05:00December 7th, 2012|Hiring|

Hiring For Right Fit

An important word when talking about hiring is chemistry. And it seems to me that there’s hardly a topic that could be more important or relevant for today. Every winning sports team seems to have and talk […]

By |2016-10-12T11:01:38-05:00December 5th, 2012|Hiring|

Hiring: Last Step, Best Step

In the art of hiring the right candidate for a position, I’ve found that the last step is the most important. After all the work of creating a position, describing it accurately, and reviewing numerous […]

By |2016-10-12T11:01:46-05:00December 5th, 2012|Hiring|