Category Archives: Job Descriptions

One complaint I have heard repeatedly about the church is that too often it is run like a business. Suggesting the use of job descriptions might further serve to support that claim. Some will change the wording to “ministry” descriptions to make it sound less business-like. But, it will take more than a name change to move away from this perception. . . . Continue reading Job Descriptions in the Church?→

In a previous post I suggested that renaming job descriptions to ministry descriptions is insufficient to differentiate them from the business world. While the benefits of using job descriptions in the church might be similar to using them in secular companies, the development of this tool should be what really sets it apart. The Church should be using a higher standard to formulate the ministry descriptions which is . . . Continue reading Church Job Descriptions Reflect Purpose?→

We’re looking at job descriptions from a different angle than what you might be accustomed. We are running them through the grid of the basics of life in Christ. As such, we must conclude that job descriptions, also known as ministry descriptions in the church, not only must reflect our church purpose but also God’s Design of the Church — Body Life. Key Features of Body Life to Factor in . . . Continue reading Church Job Descriptions Reflect Body Life?→

If you read the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20, you will find that this command was written to all followers of Jesus Christ. This responsibility therefore does not belong only on the Outreach Pastor’s job description but somehow should be a part of everyone’s ministry description. . . . Continue reading Church Job Descriptions Reflect the Great Commission?→

If we want to develop job descriptions that reflect the basics of life in Christ, we must consider God’s Heart for the Church to be Christ-like. God is concerned with more than the ministry tasks for which the person is responsible. . . . Continue reading Job Descriptions Reflect God’s Heart for the Church?→

If as a church, you firmly believe in the need to do all you do by God’s power and not in your own strength, then it should be reflected in the job description. Job descriptions should never give the impression that you relying on that person’s skills, strength, wisdom, etc. to make an eternal difference. We all need to . . . Continue reading Job Descriptions Reflect a Need for God’s Power?→

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:17-18)

4 Ways Job Descriptions Can Rob the Cross of Its Power . . . Continue reading Job Descriptions Robbing the Cross of Its Power?→

Scripture points to God’s grace as a powerful resource. The article, God’s Power: The Grace of God, suggests leaders consider the implications of the following dimensions of God’s grace . . . The question to ask here is how each aspect of God’s grace ties into job descriptions. . . . Continue reading How Grace Ties into Job Descriptions→

We need to yield to and rely on the Holy Spirit if we’re going to use tools like job descriptions in ways that get us beyond mere secular business practices. The Spirit provides the power that enables us to line up all we do with the basics of life in Christ for it is His role to direct our steps toward our Lord Jesus (Jn. 15:26). For job descriptions to accomplish an eternal purpose, we need the Holy Spirit. . . . Continue reading Job Descriptions as Tools of the Holy Spirit?→

By definition, job, or ministry, descriptions explain the tasks or duties of a position of responsibility for which someone has been or will be recruited or hired. It describes what they do. God’s Word makes it clear that “whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus . . . Continue reading Keep the Focus on His Name→