Articles on Staffing
Whether you have a staff of 3, 30 or 300, your staff leads the way in growing the church in your community. Having the “right people on the bus, in the right seats” is important for the health of your staff and church. Are you treating your staff right and helping them grow in their abilities and spiritual walk?
What Are the Odds You Will Finish Well?
I read a book in 1999 that posed this question: What are the odds you will finish well? I have never forgotten how it impacted me. I went on to develop a leadership coaching [...]
What is a Reasonable Retirement Package?
Too often, church boards lack the knowledge and experience to create an appropriate retirement package for their senior pastor who has served the church faithfully for many years or even decades. When the topic [...]
Making Sure You Get Succession Right
Best practices across 30 years and multiple cases Dave has coached 72 large churches through Senior Pastor Smart Succession.™ Plus he has had meaningful conversations with 500 more churches in the area of succession [...]
Setting Compensation: $2.5 Billion in Free Data
Salaries and benefits comprise 54.5% of church budgets. That makes setting fair salaries one of your highest priorities—and one of the most expensive! Fletch has just released the free 2026 Salary Forecaster [...]
360 Reviews: Solving the Mystery
Fletch is a skeptic and Nathan is a believer. Nathan will try to win over Fletch on the role and effectiveness of 360 degree reviews. Nathan feels that there are key success [...]
Job Descriptions of Care Pastors
XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church—items like job descriptions, employment applications, review forms and policies. Below is the Job Descriptions from Southside Nazarene Church of [...]
Job Descriptions of Business Administrators
The following Business Administrator job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have been used by [...]
Job Descriptions of Executive Directors of Ministries
The following Executive Director of Ministries job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have been [...]
Job Descriptions of Elders
The following Elder job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have been used by permission. [...]
Job Descriptions of Executive Pastors
The following Executive Pastor job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have been used by [...]
Job Descriptions of Communication Directors
The following Communication Director job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have been used by [...]
Job Descriptions of Senior Pastors
The following Senior Pastor and Lead Pastor job descriptions have been collected by XPastor over the years. Learn from these examples and incorporate elements as they fit your church style and polity. All have [...]
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 [...]
Stressed Out? Learn to Relax in Jesus’ Easy Yoke
Can a pastor really be relaxed? Would that even be a good thing? Wouldn’t that be lazy and unproductive? Bill and Kristi teach that our Lord Jesus was a relaxed leader. But [...]
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 [...]
The Ripple Effect: A Strategic Approach to Staff Employment Decisions
Executive Pastors often face the difficult task of making staff employment decisions that can impact the entire church community. A mismanaged transition can lead to division, loss of trust, and diminished ministry [...]
Sleep Smart: How to Get a Better Night’s Sleep
America isn’t sleeping well. 39% of Americans say they suffered from some sleep issue in the past twelve months. Moreover, almost 20% of adults use over-the-counter or prescription drugs to help them [...]
Is Your Church Eligible for the Clergy Renewal Program Grant?
In a grant landscape that can be challenging for faith-based organizations, Lilly Endowment stands out as a funder that provides some opportunities specifically for churches. One such grant is The Lilly Endowment National Clergy [...]
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 [...]
10 Steps to Communicate a Pastoral Transition
The decision to let a pastor go is never an easy one. But once the decision has been made, it's important to handle the situation with grace, dignity, and respect. After all, this is [...]
Not the Fun Guy on Staff
Hey Fletch … I’m not the fun guy on staff. Do you have any ideas or resources for doing some fun or creative or helpful activities together that might help us? I’m thinking eating [...]
Avoiding Succession Sins (or Potholes)
What has changed since Covid on Pastor Succession? What are the biggest mistakes and traps that do-it-yourselfers in this process tend to make? The webinar will address these topics and: How a [...]