Rainer on Leadership

A Checklist for Making Your First Hire in the Church


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Most pastors go through the process of hiring someone to help them minister to the church. What should you do for your first hire? Josh and Sam walk through a helpful checklist.

    1. Online interest form
    2. Initial phone interview
    3. Social media check
    4. Theology quiz
    5. In-person interview
    6. Reference check
    7. Background check
    8. Group interview
    9. Resources:
      • The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
        • Churchteams
          • FREE Research Report! New Surprising Insights
            • Church Answers Central
              • The Hope Initiative
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                  • You’ve been in ministry long enough to spot both the obstacles and the opportunities facing your congregation. 
                  • There must be solutions, but how do you find them? 
                  • If you are the ministry leader called to champion these issues, Southern Seminary has a problem-solving degree that will guide you to the answers. 
                  • From the moment you begin your doctor of ministry program at Southern, you will research the issues and start writing about the biblical solutions that will immediately benefit your church. 
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                      • You see the need for systems to follow up on guests, volunteers, pastoral care; but right now that is really sporadic and siloed. Each person doing their own thing and people falling through the cracks. Churchteams will help you build and implement the system you need.
                      • Tired of not being able to get the help you need for your software? Churchteams support staff have all served on Church staff. They know the software and they know how churches work. Call, text, set up free support appointments.
                      • Integrated. How many different software systems are you using that require sharing people’s data? If 2 or more, you know the challenge and limitations of data in different systems that don’t play well together. Churchteams has all your people data in one place, including your communication data (email, texts, workflows).
                      • Ease of use. Do you feel like you should be getting more from your church software, but just can’t get people to use it? Churchteams makes it easy for guests, members, volunteers, and leaders to do everything they need to do including giving without having to create an account. Check it out to learn how.
                      • Reports. Are you getting the feedback on your ministry that you need from your database when you need it? Churchteams reports are extremely customizable. Let each staff save the ones they use on their dashboard. Or, schedule it to show up in their inbox.
                      • Learn more at Churchteams.
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