Four Reasons the Pastor Should Hire Other Church Staff

In Jim Collins’ classic book, Good to Great, he notes the critical, if not obvious, importance of getting the right people in the right roles in the organization. But Collins describes this function as a leadership task. Simply stated, the leaders in the organization should have both the responsibility and the accountability for hiring their own team. The organization’s health depends on it.

Unfortunately in many of our churches, pastors have little input into the hiring of the staff that would report to them. Many times this role is handled by a search committee, personnel committee, or similar group, and the pastor is given little to no involvement in this process.

This approach is fraught with problems. Indeed, this process is often responsible for staff conflict, low morale, and lack of unity in the church. Keep reading

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