I find myself returning to again and again in my ministry. These and the spiritual gifts passages in Ephesians 4:11-13 and Romans 12:6-8 are critical in our understanding of the proper stewardship of time.
Of all the contributions C. Peter Wagner made in the past, a major one was his discussion of the relationship between church growth and spiritual-gifts discovery.
Not many people get excited about bylaws. Not many pastors relish the task of amending the constitution. Let's face it: writing or reworking a church's foundational governance papers is rather tedious, exacting work.
But oh, how beneficial it is for your church to have its constitution and bylaws in order! It can mean the difference between panic and security, chaos and order, loss and gain. The church ...
It is good for churches to help members understand what their expected responsibilities are as Christians and as members of the Body of Christ as manifested in a particular congregation. Church discipline, although perhaps written into a church constitution, is becoming somewhat perilous in an independent age with litigious people. The more members know, understand, ...
Some entities view the church as a business and therefore subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). These laws require that businesses be free of hazards that could cause death or physical harm, comply with specific workplace standards, and have certain types of safety equipment available. Are you following these guidelines? Find out with this assessment.
An administrative assistant can be like the hub of a wheel. All good things revolve around this well-organized, dependable, and caring center. It's important, then, that an assistant does everything possible to represent who he or she works for in the best way possible. Four traits no church administrative assistant should be without include:
1. Discretion. The wisdom to refrain from indiscriminately ...
A pastor—with input from his assistant—shares the ten things an assistant and a supervisor can do to increase satisfaction in a support role:
1. Preparation for reality.People regularly tell our church's administrative assistant how blessed she is to work in a church office. She stifles her guffaws. She was fairly "worldly wise" when we hired her, but I think the incredible level of nit-picking, ...
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