Enough theory. Time to execute.
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What Do I Do with My Church 1099-K?
Most of you church planters are getting your church 1099-K right about now. Every year I get at least one frantic email asking about what the church should do. Here’s what you need to know: What is a Church 1099-K? The short answer is ‘just information’. It’s simply the total of all the credit card…
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Free Church Employee Personnel File Checklist
As I started creating this church employee personnel file checklist, I was completely blown away by the level of complexity it requires. I thought this was going to be a easy one. Good thing I did the work for you! I quickly ran into all kinds of rules, laws and other concerns about personnel files.…
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Free Church Employee Onboarding Checklist
Congratulations! You just hired someone to your church staff and now they’re ready to go, right? Nope. There are several important things you’re likely to forget without a church employee onboarding checklist. I learned the importance of this years ago when a planter hired a new children’s director but didn’t have an intentional onboarding process.…
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Don’t Forget These 3 Things in Your Church Job Offer Letter
When you’re ready to hire your next employee, be sure to send a written church job offer letter along with the verbal offer. Beyond the standard things to include in the letter, there are several important things you can’t forget to stick in there. By the time you get to offering them the job, you’ve…
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Why You Need to Run Church Employee Background Checks
Think that running church employee background checks in the hiring process is unnecessary? I’d advise you to think again. You’ve had your candidate fill out a job application. And you’ve already conducted at least one interview. Before you hire, you need to run a criminal background check on the candidate for several reasons: You want…
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Nonprofit Discounts and Social Engineering
With Google Grants leading the charge, software companies and other retailers that offer discounts to nonprofits have begun creating filters for who gets the discounts. A 2-Way Street I totally get it – I wouldn’t want to be compelled to support a nonprofit that opposes my own matters of conscience. And setting conditions when you’re…
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17 Church Job Interview Questions
If you’re going to be hiring staff for your church plant, you need to have a handful of good church job interview questions up your sleeve. Read on to find my top 17 for 2017. As the pastor and hiring manager, your job in the interview process is to determine if the candidate is a…
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How To Create a Church Job Application Form
Creating your own church job application form could be very time consuming. I’m going to make that process faster and easier for you right now: Even if you get resumes from job applicants, you should have every one of them complete and sign a church job application form. Consistency is important. So is clear communication…
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How to Write Church Plant Staff Job Descriptions
If you’re looking to hire staff, writing church plant staff job descriptions is one of your first steps in the process. But you’ll use them for more than just recruiting. Why You Need Church Plant Staff Job Descriptions Having solid church plant staff job descriptions helps in several ways: As a primary tool for recruiting…
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