Train Church Leaders Practicum
Applying Biblical Truth about Church Leadership to Actual Leading
Sometimes when doing staff evaluations issues arise pertaining to weaknesses, strengths, or even sin. Finding God’s grace sufficient can help the person work through whatever the issue. Leaders, make helping people grab hold of that grace an important objective in staff evaluations and you’ll tend to see . . . Continue reading Grace Sufficient for Staff Evaluations
By their very nature staff evaluations deal with both strengths and weaknesses. Most of us would prefer to hear totally positive feedback from our leaders. Despite all our best efforts to do these evaluations in ways that minimize bad, sometimes very ungodly, reactions to negative feedback, sometimes it happens. How do we respond to these reactions? How do we keep from s . . . Continue reading Reactions & Responses in Staff Evaluations
To respond with grace-filled integrity as we speak the truth in love to staff during evaluations, even when they don’t react accordingly, we need the Holy Spirit to work in and through us to preserve unity. We need the Spirit to develop within us the “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Gal. 5:22) essential to Christ-like, godly responses. . . . Continue reading Spirit-Led Responses During Staff Evaluations
We’re exhorted “pray in the Spirit on ALL occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests” (Eph. 6:18). Obviously staff evaluations would be no exception. We can, however, get even more specific about why prayer is needed when doing staff evaluations. . . . Continue reading Prayer Needed When Doing Staff Evaluations
If spiritual gifts are special divine empowerment to do ministry, then it would seem important to have people with the best fit in the various ministries. While you can list the gifts needed for the various positions on job descriptions and administer a spiritual gifts test prior to placement in ministry, sometimes people’s gifts aren’t obvious until actually in ministry. Staff evaluations provide a venue for stepping back and asking if the ministry seems to be a good fit for the individual. . . . Continue reading Staff Evaluations: Assessing Ministry Fit?
Typically ministry leaders do the staff evaluations from start to finish for those in their sphere of influence. Yet, they may not always be the best persons for the task, or at least for some phases of the process. . . . Continue reading Best Person to Do Staff Evaluations?
. . . How good to know that we can pull on God’s power to do whatever we have to do, with spiritual gifts being one of His means to empower us. Yet, not all spiritual gifts are best suited for every task for which a leader is responsible.
We previously looked at spiritual gifts most appropriate for doing the various phases of staff evaluations. Not all leaders, however, have those gifts. While not having the most appropriate gifts for doing staff evaluations can make it more challenging for those leaders, being aware of how the gifts they do have could affect the evaluations should be helpful. . . . Continue reading A Leader’s Spiritual Gifts Can Affect Staff Evaluations
What’s a leader who doesn’t have the most appropriate spiritual gifts for doing staff evaluations to do?
Most importantly, as mentioned at the end of the previous posts, we need to remember that we do have other sources of God’s power available to us. Let’s make sure we grab hold of those resources. We must pray for the grace needed where we are weak (2 Cor. 12:9). We may need to purposefully work at compensating but we need to . . . Continue reading Options for Leaders Not Gifted for Doing Staff Evaluations
Staff evaluations don’t always go the way you had hoped. You may even have a difficult time understanding what happened. It’s possible God’s enemy, the devil, is trying to bring down the work of God in and through this person’s life and in your ministry. Go into staff evaluations remembering key spiritual truths about the battle you might face. And, put on the spiritual armor God has made available to stand against the devil’s schemes. . . . Continue reading Spiritual Armor for Staff Evaluations
Sometimes things can get really weird in staff evaluations. Even when you seek to apply the basics of life in Christ as described in this practicum, you just aren’t sure why reactions went the way they did. Or, perhaps the person being evaluated shares something that’s been happening in their personal lives or ministry that neither you nor they can explain. Here are some spiritual truths for staff evaluations that will make a difference in how you approach these situations. Continue reading Spiritual Truths for Staff Evaluations