Category: Church Paperwork
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Don’t Forget These 3 Things in Your Church Job Offer Letter
When you’re ready to hire your next employee, be sure to send a written church job offer letter along with the verbal offer. Beyond the standard things to include in the letter, there are several important things you can’t forget to stick in there. By the time you get to offering them the job, you’ve […]
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Why You Need to Run Church Employee Background Checks
Think that running church employee background checks in the hiring process is unnecessary? I’d advise you to think again. You’ve had your candidate fill out a job application. And you’ve already conducted at least one interview. Before you hire, you need to run a criminal background check on the candidate for several reasons: You want […]
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Nonprofit Discounts and Social Engineering
With Google Grants leading the charge, software companies and other retailers that offer discounts to nonprofits have begun creating filters for who gets the discounts. A 2-Way Street I totally get it – I wouldn’t want to be compelled to support a nonprofit that opposes my own matters of conscience. And setting conditions when you’re […]
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How To Create a Church Job Application Form
Creating your own church job application form could be very time consuming. I’m going to make that process faster and easier for you right now: Even if you get resumes from job applicants, you should have every one of them complete and sign a church job application form. Consistency is important. So is clear communication […]
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How to Write Church Plant Staff Job Descriptions
If you’re looking to hire staff, writing church plant staff job descriptions is one of your first steps in the process. But you’ll use them for more than just recruiting. Why You Need Church Plant Staff Job Descriptions Having solid church plant staff job descriptions helps in several ways: As a primary tool for recruiting […]
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7 Critical Church Plant HR Forms & Systems
There are lots of advantages to independently incorporating your church plant, but there’s one significant downside: you have to replicate church plant HR forms & systems for your new church. If your church is an independent legal entity, it has its own liability and responsibilities as an employer. If you’re going to employ people, you […]
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4 Keys to Creating a Church Emergency Response Plan
How does your church plant go about creating a church emergency response plan? There are 4 keys to having a solid plan in place. Gone are the days of burying our heads in the sand. I know this is a potentially touchy subject, but it’s one that every church needs to put at least some […]
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How Obama’s New Overtime Laws Affect Churches
I haven’t found much written yet about how Obama’s new overtime laws affect churches. Will you be ready when they take effect December 1? Nobody wants their church to be caught off guard when a significant change like this rolls around. I started looking into it, and here’s what I found: UPDATE: As of Nov […]
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How to Get Obamacare Refund for Churches
Did you know that there’s an Obamacare refund for churches? Even if you’re a new church, if you’ve started paying payroll, this might be money you could put back into ministry. When congress passed Obamacare, they knew it could be hard for smaller employers and nonprofits to make the switch, so they added this lesser-known […]