Hiring and Firing
When Should Ministry Be Staffed?
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011Generally, if an activity is not important enough to get done if the staff position were eliminated, it is likely not important enough to get done at all.
You Have An Obligation to Fire Incompetent Staff
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011An unfaithful employee of the church undermines the trust which underlies a Christian’s giving.
You Should Think Twice Before Firing Incompetent Staff
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011It’s not appropriate to sack competent staff members simply to suit the current developments at the church.
Nuts and Bolts
Blessings and Trials of Short-Term Staff
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011Short-term staff are a blessing from God. They should be used for his glory and their own good, as well as for the good of other congregations they may yet serve.
Why An Administrative Pastor
By Ryan Townsend | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011It just might be a good thing for your second hire to be a trellis-builder: an administrative pastor.
How Much Should You Pay Your Pastors?
By Patrick Traylor | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011The first step in preparing a healthy compensation decision is, by God’s grace, to build a healthy local church with biblical structures of leadership and accountability.
Senior Pastor: Yea or Nay?
The Case for the Senior Pastor
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011There’s enough biblical evidence in the New Testament to warrant the idea of a senior or lead pastor among the pastors.
The Case Against the Senior Pastor
By Shawn Wright | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011I’m hesitant to say that a church should formally recognize one elder as the senior elder.
Miscellaneous Book Reviews
Book Review: Radical Together, by David Platt
Review by J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011All in all, this book represents what I believe to be God’s gracious work of calling his church back to the simple and revolutionary power of the gospel.
Book Review: Exponential, by Dave and Jon Ferguson
Review by Josh Manley | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011This book has a significant overarching weakness: pragmatism.
Book Review: Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs, by Bill Hybels
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011Along with much biblical wisdom and good sense, there are a number of assumptions and values in this book that don’t square very well with Scripture.
Book Review: Heralds of the King: Christ-Centered Sermons in the Tradition of Edmund P. Clowney, ed. by Dennis Johnson
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011This book is a fitting tribute to a man whose writing, teaching, preaching, and personal example have helped a good many pastors to preach Christ from all of Scripture.
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