Leadership
Who Should Know How Much Everyone Makes?
By Jason Read | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022When considering whether to share salary information with the whole church or one inquisitive member, try to process that question with two goals: build ownership and maintain unity.
Preparing Pastors for Retirement
By Brad Thayer | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Healthy churches can proactively plan for and financially invest in their pastor’s retirement as a way to encourage his longevity.
How Much Should We Pay Our Staff?
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Generosity and trust should inform how much churches pay their staff.
Addressing Staff Salary Discrepancies
By Dennis Blythe | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022What do we do when there seems to be a discrepancy in our staff salary structure?
Advocating for Your Own Pay
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Pastors should be able to advocate for their own pay if necessary, but prayerfully and carefully.
Principles for a Benevolence Policy That Is Both Merciful and Wise
By Philip Duncanson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022If we think benevolence is only about giving people money to help solve their problems, then we’ll miss this. No, benevolence is about showing others the mercy and love we’ve been shown.
Why a Church Constitution Is More Than a Necessary Evil
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Once you’re in a leadership position, it becomes clear pretty fast that solid rules aren’t a necessary evil at all; they’re an indispensable weapon for safeguarding the unity of the church.
How a Lack of Trellis Undermines Ministry
By Jonathan Rourke | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Does the Bible have much to say about church structure? In short, yes!
How to Have a Well-Run Elders’ Meeting
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022What can we do to make elders’ meetings excellent?
How To Use a Care List in Elders’ and Members’ Meetings
By Alex Bloomfield | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022A care list engages the whole church in both corrective discipline and caring for the weak.
LGBTQ+ Policies: What Do We Do about Youth Group?
By Zach Carter | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Increasingly, pastors will be asked to make complex moral decisions related to LGBTQ+ issues. Policies delegate the decision-making process, creating more time for pastors to exhort, instruct, and disciple individuals on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Sabbaticals for the Shepherds
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Pastors should take regular sabbaticals and plan them well.
Sample Constitution and Elder Meeting Bylaws
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.20223ABC Constitution Since it pleased Almighty God, by His Holy Spirit, to call certain of His servants to unite here in 1894 under the name [NAME OF CHURCH] of [CITY, … keep reading…
What Job Titles Should Churches Use? Two Simple Rules
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.23.2022Our church structures and job titles should conform to biblical patterns. These patterns are a blessing, not a burden.
The Fruit Grown in a Flock by Pastoral Encouragement
By Bob Johnson | 09.02.2022Encouragement is incredibly attractive. It’s a godly grace that reinforces gospel fruit. Younger pastors may not realize how important it is.
