Week 5

Week 5

February 12th,2009

5.PEOPLE: How can a minister (or worship leader) do church administration in a way that still focuses on PEOPLE?

A minister can do church administration that still focuses on people: building relationships. The biggest problem that arises for pastor as church administrator is the balance of doing work with building relationships. What seems to be the perspective is that it is either one or the other, not both. Spending time building relationships is one part of the job and church administration is the other. There is a time do pastoral care and a time for administration. Yet, church administration does not need to be looked at as only a “business” like position that involves a boss and a staff. The so-called “business” of the church is being the body of Christ in the world, bringing souls into a right relationship with God. As a church administrator, a pastor is keeping people connected so that they can accomplish the goal of the church: bringing others to God and into a community of believers.

So what does this look like?
Leading Meetings:
One duty will be leading or facilitating meetings. How can you focus on people in this way? The purpose of the meeting is to facilitate a ministry in some form of way. What is the purpose of a ministry? To minister to others. Keeping this perspective in meetings will...keep you focused on PEOPLE. Keeping this focus in meetings will give perspective that you need PEOPLE to help PEOPLE. You need PEOPLE to help you.

Hiring/Managing Staff:
Build relationships with staff. Let them know your heart and the person that you are. Get on board in sharing the vision for the church. Your focus, then, is not only the PEOPLE of your staff, but the PEOPLE in your congregation.

Making Policies:
What is in mind when making a policy? The benefit for those in which it effects. When a pastor is making policies, it should focus on the benefit of the PEOPLE.

Budget & Financial Projections:
Who are you budgeting for? Who are you planning financially for? The PEOPLE.

I think the idea is caught on that the “business” of the church is people. Administration, being the business-like job, involves working with people for people.