The One Thing Episode 145 – Timeless Church Staffing Rules (Part 2)
Idiographic and nomothetic staffing? Staffing for purposes vs staffing for demographics? This week’s The One Thing episode deals with five staffing guidelines, cultural clericalism resulting from over-staffing,...
Is it better to staffing a congregation or staff a portfolio? When would you hire a full timer and when would you hire a part timer? What should we be looking for in a staff member? Is it better to hire internally or externally? Listen to the final staffing episode in the series from The One Thing.
Guideline 1 The second staff person to be hired should be a person who balances the gifts and talents of the senior pastor.
Guideline 2 The second person to be hired should fill one of the roles on the nomothetic portion of the staffing grid.
Guideline 3 The third staff person to be hired should fill one of the idiographic roles.
Guideline 4 The remaining staff positions should be alternated between the nomothetic roles and the idiographic roles to preserve balance in the overall ministry. Thus if a third staff member is hired to fill an idiographic position, the next staff person should be hired to fill a position on the nomothetic line.
Guideline 5 The staff positions on the nomothetic grid line provide the most benefit to a church’s overall growth potential.
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