IS ADMINISTRATION FOR PASTORS?
The New Testament’s First Administrators
By Brad Thayer | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Acts 6 offers a paradigm for the “how” and “why” of church administration.
Administrators: Playing with Calculators or Building Up the Body of Christ?
By Mike Carnicella | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Good administration and good administrators are a gift from God. Don’t neglect these gifts just because they seem boring or nerdy.
Pastors, Don’t Forget to Shepherd Your Deacons
By Gus Pritchard | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Pastors’ delegation of work to deacons should not lead to abdication of their duty to oversee.
From the Archives: Why an Administrative Pastor
By Ryan Townsend | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022There are many reasons why a church may want to consider an administrative pastor as its second (or third or fourth) hire.
STAFFING
Hiring and Firing
By Brad Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Managing a church staff in wisdom is necessary for a joyful ministry.
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.
Evaluating How an Elder Is Ruling
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022How do you conduct a job performance review for the elders (particularly the paid staff elders)? In other words, how do you determine if an elder is “ruling well”?
Why Clear Job Descriptions and Staff Structures Serve the Church
By Ryan Townsend | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Job descriptions and a clear org chart or staff structure are essential tools for organizational excellence and faithful management.
Why Pastors Should Submit to Each Other
By Jeff Wiesner | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Fellow elders and founding documents guard a senior pastor against the pride of authoritarianism.
BUILDINGS
Are Buildings Essential to Healthy Churches?
By Adam Sinnett | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Does lacking a building put a church at a disadvantage?
The Benefits of Having a Building
By Benjamin Woodward | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Church buildings are beneficial because they maximize Word ministry, provide stability long-term, are a public witness to the gospel, and help the church better steward its money.
What to Do When Your Building Is Full
By G. Gilbert, M. Carnicella | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022When you start to have more attendees than seats, you have other options than adding another service.
A Theological Framework for Buildings and Renovations
By John Henderson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Behind our theology of church property is our theology of all created things. They are gifts from the Lord that may be used rightly or wrongly, for the glory of Christ or the glory of mankind.
BUDGETING
How to Talk with Your Church about Money
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Let’s see how the apostle Paul discussed money, and then apply his approach to scenarios you may find yourself in.
Handling Your Church’s Finances with Transparency and Integrity
By Jenny Terry | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Church Administration | 09.30.2022Churches are called to imitate the integrity of Christ by handling their finances with transparency, accountability, and moderation.
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.
POLICIES
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…
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