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Does ‘living epistles’ describe your staff? (part 1)
By Paul Clark “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human...
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Does ‘living epistles’ describe your staff? (Part 2)
By Paul Clark “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human...
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How to work with the Second Chair (Part 1)
By Paul Clark Perhaps no other staff relationship is more important on the church staff than the relationship between the Senior Pastor and the Second Chair, whether that second chair person carries...
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Hiring family on staff
By Paul Clark A colleague in a similar position at another church recently sent me a policy that explicitly forbids hiring family members, except in a few very narrow circumstances. As someone who...
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Navigating the leadership culture
By Paul Clark I recently hired a young man who will be entering his first experience in vocational church ministry. He will be assuming the role of day-to-day operations for our church, overseeing...
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How to work with younger staff
By Paul Clark I’m only 53 (wow, has my perspective changed!), yet I can see that my role in church leadership is shifting slowly but certainly. While 10 years ago I was all about doing the work of the...
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Drop anchor and fish
By Paul Clark “Drop anchor and fish.” It’s something I recently told a young pastor on our staff. Sometimes we can get lost amid all the voices, books, blogs, tweets and churches out there telling us...
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Back in Stripes
By Paul Clark This month the high school basketball in Ohio tipped off and I restarted my officiating career after a two-year layoff. Before I took a sabbatical from the Stripes, I had worked 15 years...
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