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I frequently get questions from people about "what percentage of our budget should be staff, ministry, buildings and debt?" |
Warren Bird |
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 Warren Bird Peter Haas knew he had a financial challenge on his hands when he got a report on the giving patterns of his fast-growing Substance Church in Fridley, MN, and discovered that his 8-year-old daughter was one of the top givers in the church. “She out-gave a third of our congregation for the year,” says Peter, noting the relatively young and largely unchurched demographic that makes up Substance’s membership base. |
 Churches just might have the least clarified organizations in our society; I believe one of the reasons is a lack of understanding among these three types of leadership—vision, management, and governance. Recently God has given me numerous opportunities to assist churches with what Patrick Lencioni calls “creating organizational clarity” in his book, “The 4 Obsessions of the Extraordinary Executive.” It’s always interesting to draw out the organization as the leaders describe it to me (the real organization typically looks different than any org chart they have been using). |
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Webinar Recording: Proven Ways of Increasing Giving |
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 Our Senior Pastors are standing on stage in front of the crowds in need of help, in order to accomplish the God-ordained task at hand. The XP can and should be the #1 support that the Pastor has. In order to be of great help to your Pastor, here are several tips that will help you be successful in your role right from the start! These tips come directly from God’s Word, Exodus 4:14-31, and are from one of the first XP’s—Moses’ brother Aaron, the Levite. |
 Slow economic recovery has translated into flat or reduced giving for many ministries. A free webinar recording, presented by Evangelical Christian Credit Union (ECCU), helps counter this trend by featuring several ministries that have experienced increased giving and describing what they did to generate more revenue. Representatives from hundreds of ministries registered for “Proven Ways to Increase Giving to Your Ministry” and gained firsthand access to stewardship/giving tools and best practices. |
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 A growing trend among churches is "outsourcing" some of their pastoral personnel needs. MinisterSearch is a group of knowledgeable professionals that will conduct a dedicated church staff search for your church's particular position and needs. By partnering with MinisterSearch, you'll get all the benefits of XPastor listing plus ... We'll help you in writing a very specific job description, church profile, and position statement. We'll help you determine the best possible compensation package that is within your church's reach to attract the best candidates. read more |
Marriage and Divorce |
Position Paper on Marriage |
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 The elder community of First Evangelical Church, conscientious of our role as spiritual overseers to assist our church members in forming and maintaining biblical convictions on a variety of subjects, took time in 2010-2011 to study the subject of marriage for the purpose of drafting a position paper. In accounting for everything the Bible says about marriage we utilized books, studies, and other evangelical churches’ position papers in formulating our own position paper on marriage. |
 We believe marriage is a gift from God for the blessing of men, women and children and for the good of society. However, given the present practice of cohabitation outside of marriage, the prevalence of same-sex unions and the disintegration of marriages in our culture, we offer the following Biblical principles relative to the sanctity of the institution of marriage. In this position paper, we seek to think about marriage under the authority of God and His written Word, the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16). |
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Marriage and Human Sexuality Harvest Bible Chapel |
Sexual Offender Policy |
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 We believe marriage is a monogamous, heterosexual union instituted and ordained by God (Genesis 2:18-25; Ephesians 5:22-33). As such, it is to be an exclusive covenantal union of one man and one woman for the purpose of a lifetime of mutual commitment and companionship. A civil government’s sanction of a union will be recognized as a legitimate marriage by this church only to the extent that it is consistent with this belief. |
 People on the Sexual Offender Registry (SOR) present a unique challenge for a church, particularly Hope. We have an excellent Family Ministry, with 1800 minors each weekend. The mere presence of those on the SOR could put those minors at risk. While the church desires to serve all people, believers and unbelievers, there exists the potential for the exposure by the church generally, and minors specifically, to sexual abuse and exploitation. When such abuse occurs the consequences are devastating to all involved, including the church. |
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Safety Team |
Level 3 Sexual Offender Plan |
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 Forming a safety team at your church doesn’t mean asking everyone with a gun on Sunday morning to stand up. Instead, it means training your ushers, greeters, medical volunteers, and others to watch for unusual activity, communicate with one another, and respond appropriately. Here are the first steps we are taking. |
 Our need for a policy arose from an embarrassing situation when a recently released offender appeared at our Celebrate Recovery meeting. Several people in the community recognized him from the previous evening's newscast! The elder board of Autumn Ridge has established this set of guidelines for ministry … |
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Webinar Will Cover Why and How to Build Cash Reserves |
Sex Offenders Attending Church |
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| One of many lessons ministries have learned in recent years is the importance of cash reserves—having funds available when you need them. Without adequate reserves, the pursuit of your ministry’s mission may be in jeopardy.An upcoming webinar being offered by Evangelical Christian Credit Union (ECCU) can help. Cash Reserves: "Why you need them. How to build them." will be presented from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (PT) on May 31, 2012. By attending this free webinar, you can expect to learn: | Any person classified by Oregon State Law and/or registered with the Oregon State Police as a sexual offender, whether currently on or off supervision and wishing to attend any church functions including Worship Services must register with the Executive Pastor prior to attending. It is the intent of Medford First Church and its Pastoral team to assist any such individual in locating a ministry which is better equipped to minister to them and enable that individual to grow in a relationship with Christ. |
Leadership Journal featured the XPastor website as a key resource for pastors toolkits in the fall, 2011 issue. The very positive half page article talked about our articles, case studies and the 5Macro Indicator. They also included a full-color photo of the home page. Click for a hi-rez version.
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