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Church Staff Handbook : How to Build an Effective Ministry Team

by: Westing, Harold J.

Church Staff Handbook : How to Build an Effective Ministry Team

by: Westing, Harold J.

ISBN 13:
9780825439735
ISBN 10:
0825439736
Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/1997
Publisher: Kregel Pubns
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Summary

(Revised and updated)Provides a blueprint for developing a spiritually strong and effective ministry team in the local church.

List of Diagrams

(2)

Foreword

(2)

Introduction

(4)

PART I: Concerning the Team

(48)

1. Teamwork Is the Goal of the Church

(12)

Project

(3)

2. Every Team Needs a Leader

(16)

The lead pastor should play the key role in the selection of the staff

(1)

becomes a staff enabler

(1)

as coordinator for responsibilities

(2)

as truster and supporter

(1)

as communicator

(1)

as pastor to the staff

(1)

Project

(4)

3. Teams Must Face Their Problems

(20)

Singleness is better

(3)

Potential team problems

(12)

Project

(5)

PART II: The Functioning of a Team

(60)

4. Maintaining a Balanced Team

(14)

Adding team members

(2)

Keeping the balance

(3)

Project

(6)

5. What Makes the Glue?

(14)

The family's feelings of roots

(1)

The corporate drive for productivity

(2)

The athlete's commonly owned goal

(1)

The theologian's binding issues

(2)

The marriage's common commitment

(1)

The scientist's studied insight

(1)

Project

(6)

6. Describing Your Mission

(14)

Advantages of job descriptions

(2)

Job description ingredients

(1)

Overcoming dangers of job descriptions

(3)

Project

100

(1)

Job description for staff members

101

(6)

7. Clarifying Your Role Expectations

107

(8)

The role-clarification process

108

(1)

Facing the risks

109

(1)

The facilitator's role

110

(1)

Negotiating role expectations

110

(5)

8. Managing Upward

115

(10)

Misconceptions about managing upward

115

(1)

Need for managing upward

116

(2)

Procedure for managing upward

118

(7)

PART III: Maintaining the Team

125

(84)

9. Dealing with Staff Diseases

125

(10)

Staff triangulation

125

(2)

Staff codependency

127

(2)

Unresolved conflict

129

(6)

10. The Staff Meeting

135

(12)

Staff philosophy

136

(5)

Staff meeting agenda

141

(3)

Project

144

(3)

11. The Staff Retreat

147

(8)

The setting

148

(1)

The working agenda

149

(3)

Project

152

(3)

12. Hiring New Staff

155

(22)

When not to add new staff

155

(4)

When to add new staff

159

(2)

Preparing the church

161

(1)

The search committee

168

(2)

Searching for candidates

170

(2)

Project

172

(5)

13. Conducting the Interview

177

(18)

Guidelines for the search committee

177

(2)

Qualities to look for

179

(5)

Pastoral style of leadership

184

(4)

Guidelines for candidating

188

(2)

Project

190

(5)

14. Financial Equity of the Team

195

(14)

Determining equity

198

(1)

Project

199

(5)

Special considerations

204

(2)

Personal finances

206

(3)

Appendix: Philosophy of Ministry

209

(8)

Notes

217

(2)

Bibliography

219

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