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The “Communication Card”
There are some things around here we’ve done for so long that we don’t even notice them anymore. One of those things is the focus and importance we place on the first-time guest as part of our Sunday...
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The “Welcome”
As a follow up to yesterday’s post, I wanted to share the “welcome script” we pretty much stick to for the welcome portion of our services. Remember from the Communication Card post that the objective...
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A Pretty Good Performance Appraisal – Repost
This is a repost from back in May of this year. Given the time of year, I thought it might be helpful to many of you as you are no doubt working on completing some kind of performance appraisal...
View ArticleThe New Executive Pastor – Prioritization
After dealing with the organizational structure, implementing data collection and reporting processes, and putting a strategic plan in place, the new executive pastor must put First Things First. The...
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How To Create A Compensation Market Comparison Table
As I described in my series of posts on How To Develop A Compensation Program, the market comparison is the key component of any good documented compensation program. It is the tool used to evaluate...
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Annual Report – 2012
Does your church publish an annual report? After a few months of working with a graphic designer, we finally published our first ever annual report. It went out yesterday via an e-mail from Brian, our...
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Nobody Likes A Price Increase!
Since Church Community Builder implemented their recent price change, I’ve fielded a number of questions from readers, especially those who became customers of Church Community Builder as a result of...
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How Does Your Church Identify First Time Guests?
Those of us who measure the number of first time guests we attract each weekend, know one very important thing. We’re only counting a portion of the “actual” number of first time guests. In other...
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Strategic Planning And “Critical Strategies”
I have devoted much writing energy to the topic of Strategic Planning over the years. Lately, though, I’m relearning a few things about this critical part of a leader’s responsibility. One of those...
View ArticleAssociate Pastor Job Description
General Description The Associate Pastor is the primary support person for the Senior Pastor in the performance of his sermon planning and weekly speaking duties as well as outreach and missions...
View ArticleSmall Groups Pastor
General Description The Small Groups Pastor is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the congregation is connecting with one another and building community through a strong, healthy, and growing...
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The “New” Management System
You’ve probably noticed by now … If you’re a regular Executive Pastor Online visitor, you’ve noticed that my last several posts have been various “documents” from my resources page. Only, instead of...
View ArticleExecutive Limitations Policy
Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish and communicate certain limitations to the authority of the Senior Pastor as set forth by the Board of Elders. Scope The Senior Pastor is empowered...
View ArticlePastor of Pastoral Care Job Description
General Description The Pastor of Pastoral Care is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the care and connection of the congregation from first time visit through full involvement and participation...
View ArticleHigh School Pastor Job Description
General Description The High School Pastor is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the spiritual growth and development of high school students (grades 9through 12). This includes leadership of...
View ArticleProducer Job Description
General Description The Producer is responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the creative design process from Teaching Team direction setting through production of weekend...
View ArticleChildren’s Pastor Job Description
General Description The Children’s Pastor is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the spiritual growth and development of children ages birth through 5th grade. This includes curriculum selection,...
View ArticleMiddle School Pastor Job Description
General Description The Middle School Pastor is responsible for all aspects of ensuring the spiritual growth and development of middle school students (grades 6 through 8). This includes leadership of...
View ArticlePreschool Director Job Description
General Description The Preschool Director is responsible for all aspects of establishing and operating a morning and afternoon preschool program for children ages 2 years through pre-kindergarten....
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The New Executive Pastor – Infrastructure
It could be argued that building a strong infrastructure is the most important responsibility of the new executive pastor. Consequently, in all of my coaching relationships, we spend most of our time...
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