Consultant Charlie Balmer shares over at LifeHacker the reasons that he doesn’t hire people when they come in for an interview.  Charlie writes: When you first walk in to my office, I am expecting you to be one of the 99%+ people who I know I won’t hire in the first 5 minutes. I...

The economy is still in a hard place; and so are some churches.  So what do you do when you have valuable staff, but you’re not able to show your appreciation with a raise in salary? Liz Ryan has worked in corporate HR for over 20 years.  Recently, Matt Branaugh from Managing Your...

Yeouch. This report (written in a definite non-american journalistic style) says that up to 200 pastors resigned Winner’s Church in Nigeria.  The church, lead by Bishop David Oyedepo claims 50,000 worshippers. You can read the report here. To see a list of the world’s largest...

New Job Openings This Week at ChurchJobs.tv Children’s Ministry Director Resonate / Fremont, CA Resonate Movement is looking for a Children’s Ministry Director who has a passion for God and people as seen in their vision, personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,...

According to Christianity Today,  Senior pastors reported salaries and benefits that, on average, were 2.7 percent higher than those reported for the preceding 2010-2011 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff: Read more here at ChurchJobs.tv… How’s that compare with your salary...

Here are two brand new Worship Leader ministry openings added yesterday at ChurchJobs.tv: JOB OPENINGS Worship Arts Pastor River City Church / Missoula, Montana River City Church is one of the newest churches in Missoula, MT. Missoula (pop. 100,000) is nestled in the beautiful Rocky Mountains...

Nelson Searcy gives his perspective on staff spouses: The key to avoiding issues with spouses (like so much else on a church staff) is 100% crystal clear communication from the beginning. In other words, no matter what you expect from the spouses of your staff, they need to know that before...

Here are three brand new Children’s ministry openings added yesterday at ChurchJobs.tv: NEW JOBS ADDED Children’s Ministry Director – Fremont, CA Children’s Pastor – Panama City, FL Children’s Ministry Director – Michigan If your church is looking for...

If you’re a techie, you may want to check out this new job added to ChurchJobs.tv yesterday… NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR CEDAR PARK CHURCH – BOTHELL, WA Cedar Park Church in Bothell, Washington is looking for a Network Administrator.  This person will develop and establish...

Kevin East thinks that employees will, of course, come and go… but when they leave your church or organization, it’s much better that they be ‘launched’ than ‘leave’.  Here is how Kevin suggests you put yourself in the position to properly ‘launch...

You’ve trained for months. Three workouts a day. Wind sprints. Long distance. Weight training. Your speed and endurance are the best they’ll ever be. You’re at your peak, about to run the race of your life. And everything you’ve worked so hard for comes down to a few seconds on a...

Search committees in churches are notoriously bad at communicating to candidates… at least that’s what I heard time and time again when I ran a church staffing website.  Thom Rainer has put together a great list of suggestions your search committee should consider: –...

EverythingPastor writes, “How do you leave something that you love? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself for the past couple of weeks. On October 4th, I put in my 60 day notice at my church. I’ve been here four years and have loved every step of the way. We had always...

For the past seven years, about 1.5 percent of senior pastors have lost their jobs each year due to forced terminations. via Christian News. Have you ever been ‘forcibly’ terminated?  What was your response?  Anger? Relief? And how did you...

What is the average pay for a senior pastor these days? Well, of course, it depends… on your experience, the size of your church, and what sex you are. According to the 2012-2013 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff (which surveyed about 4,600 churches and 8,000 church positions), the...