{"id":1316,"date":"2015-08-20T22:21:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2015-08-20T22:21:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:21:21","slug":"when-to-consider-adding-a-staff-member-to-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/when-to-consider-adding-a-staff-member-to-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"When to consider adding a staff member to the church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having shared some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/thoughts-on-compensating-non-pastoral-positions-chucks-musings\/\">general thoughts<\/a>, here is the relevant question: when might it be in the best interest of a church to compensate a non-pastoral position? It may be in the church\u2019s best interest to do so when\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The church is dependent upon a specialty skill or a gift (usually non-spiritual gift) that only a small percentage of the population in our churches can perform. For example, some churches see it fit to compensate accountants, IT specialists or musicians.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The loss of this gift (or individual) would likely require the church to pay someone else to perform the same duty at a similar level of performance.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The church needs a strong (or stronger) level of accountability from this gift\/person\/service. Put simply, a church can only require so much of a volunteer. Compensation encourages a greater priority for the ministry. For some churches, this means paying someone to clean the church. For others, this means compensating the worship leader.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When a lower paying position can perform some of the responsibilities of a higher paid position, which in turn frees up the higher paid to use their time\/hours more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Consider a case study. Pastor Joe\u2019s salary breaks down to about $50 per hour (total package). He shepherds a smaller congregation, less than fifty people. As such, it is his responsibility to clean the church, which takes about 5 hours per week. In addition to those 5 hours not being used for pastoral work (sermon preparation, visiting members, prayer, etc.), the church is essentially paying $1000 per month for the pastor to do 20 hours of cleaning. It would seem to make sense for the church to hire a cleaner at $10 per hour (total of $200 per month) versus paying $50 per hour. The least expensive way for this congregation to gain more pastoral hours is to remove this non-pastoral duty from Pastor Joe\u2019s plate.<\/p>\n<p>Positions that churches often consider for the above criteria include, but are not limited, to secretaries and\/or office administrators, worship leaders, cleaners and landscapers, and bookkeepers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having shared some general thoughts, here is the relevant question: when might it be in the best interest of a church to compensate a non-pastoral position? It may be in the church\u2019s best interest to do so when\u2026 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The church is dependent upon a specialty skill or a gift (usually non-spiritual gift) that only&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/when-to-consider-adding-a-staff-member-to-the-church\/\"> Read More&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}