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Resources for Church Staffing Ministry
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Delegation Skills in a Staffing Ministry
- Article: 6 Basic Steps to Successful Delegation
- Article: Leadership Skills: Delegation
- Article: The delegating process
- Article: Tips for Successful Delegation to Staff Members or Volunteers
Evaluation Resources to Use with Staff
- Article: Church staff evaluations
- Book: Volunteer Encouragement, Evaluation, and Accountability ed. by Marlene Wilson
Job Descriptions
- Book: The Big Book of Job Descriptions for Ministry by Dr. Larry Gilbert & Cindy Speark
- Book: Volunteer Job Descriptions and Action Plans by Marlene Wilson
- Download: Church Job Descriptions - Word Document Download
Ministry Profiling: Identifying Spiritual Gifts & Finding the Best Fit
- Article: Ministry Profiling
- Articles: Bible Teaching on Spiritual Gifts
- Articles: Finding Your Best Fit in Ministry
- Book: Everybody Has A Part by Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Book: Finding Your Best Fit in Ministry by Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Curriculum: Everybody Has a Part Adult Curriculum by Ministry Tools Resource Center -- Click Here for The MAX Pak which includes the curriculum, book, and spiritual gifts tests resource
- Spiritual Gifts Tests: Everybody Has a Part Spiritual Gifts Tests Resource by Ministry Tools Resource Center
Paid Church Staff
- Article: When additional staff becomes necessary
- Article: How to fire an employee - with compassion
- Book: Church Staff Handbook: How to Build an Effective Ministry Team by Harold Westing
- Book: Leadership Handbook of Management &Training by James D. Berkley
- Book: Staff Your Church for Growth by Gary L. McIntosh
- Book: The Ministry Staff Member by Douglas L. Fagerstrom
- Site: ChurchStaffing.com - listings of ministry positions, resume submission services, salary comparisons, background checks
Placement / Deployment
- Article: Placement or Deployment of Church Volunteers into Ministry
- Article: 10 Ways NOT to Place People into Ministry
Recruitment / Enlistment of Ministry Workers
- Article: A.C.T.S. model for recruiting workers
- Article: Enlist to a Dream, Not a Job
- Article: Ministry Fairs: Goals - Why Have Them
- Article: Ministry Fairs: Planning - How to Plan Them
- Article: Ministry Fairs: Ideas - What to Include
- Article: Recruiting as Jesus Did
- Article: Recruiting Volunteers for Christian Ministries
- Article: Why Can't the Church Recruit Volunteers?
- Book: Care and Feeding of Volunteers: Recruiting, Training, and Keeping an Excellent Volunteer Ministry Staff by Barbara Bolton, Mike Bright, & Byron Cressy (geared to children's ministry)
- Book: Volunteer Recuritment, Interviewing, and Placement by Marlene Wilson, ed.
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Staff Meetings
- Article: How to Improve Your Staff Meetings
- Article: Staff Meetings in Large Congregations
Staff Problems
- Article: 4 Keys for Improved Communications with Church Staff
- Article: How To Deal with Ineffective Workers
- Article: Preventing Volunteer Burnout
- Article: When Volunteers Quit
- Article: Why Volunteers Quit...and what to do about it.
Team Building / Unity Among the Staff
- Article: Leadership Skills: Team Building
- Article: Team Works
- Book: Church Staff Handbook: How to Build an Effective Ministry Team by Harold Westing
- Book: Doing Church as a Team: The Miracle of Teamwork and How it Transforms Churches by Wayne Cordeiro
- Book: The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player by John C. Maxwell
- Book: The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork by John C. Maxwell
- Book: The Power of Team Leadership: Achieving Success Through Shared Responsibility by George Barna
Training / Developmental Resources for Equipping Staff Members
- Article: Equipping
- Article: Training of Church Volunteers for Ministry
- Book: Care and Feeding of Volunteers: Recruiting, Training, and Keeping an Excellent Volunteer Ministry Staff by Barbara Bolton, Mike Bright, & Byron Cressy (geared to children's ministry)
- Book: Developing the Leaders Around You by John Maxwell
- Site: Teacher Training Resources at TrainBibleTeachers.com
- Training at Mintools.com for Key Ministry Areas: (Available online or as a Ministry Manual)
Christian Education Ministry: online training ministry manual
Leadership Ministry: online training ministry manual
Outreach Ministry: online training ministry manual
People Helping Ministry: online training ministry manual
Prayer Ministry: online training ministry manual
Shepherding Ministry: online training ministry manual
Teaching Ministry: online training ministry manual
Worship Ministry: online training ministry manual
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