2010 - Page 13 of 18 - Church Executive

Established in 1964, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, GA, consisted of 250 families that gathered to worship in the cafeteria of a local high school in what was once suburban Atlanta. Within a few years, property was purchased and a temporary worship facility was built.

How to recruit talent

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attract, benefits, church, Human Resources, incentives, LEADERSHIP, management, recruit, retain, staff

April 25, 2010 at 8:45 am.

Effective and gifted employees are essential to a growing church or ministry. Their services impact ministries and their communities. By offering long-term incentives, churches will have better employee retention. Other than traditional benefits, there are additional programs that keep ministerial staff engaged over the years.

When building expansion becomes stewardship

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adaptive, architecture, building, church, FACILITIES, pastor, savings, stewardship, TECHNOLOGY

April 25, 2010 at 8:09 am.

Adaptive reuse of existing buildings for churches is an environmentally responsible solution as well as being financially effective. If done well it can also be inspiring — bringing churchgoers together in an appropriate, comfortable and stimulating worship space.

The ‘Fantastic Four’

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change, church, control, Dr. Bob Whitesel, lead, LEADERSHIP, manage, management, ministry, organization, understand

April 24, 2010 at 3:24 pm.

I have found that managing change is a daunting task for church leaders. Regrettably, in most seminaries managing change is not taught. Yet in my work I have discovered that the process is not so mysterious or unexamined.

Historic preservation with the church can be a two-edged sword

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architecture, building, building codes, church, design, FACILITIES, historical, money, preservation, zoning

April 22, 2010 at 8:19 am.

In reaction to the loss of historically significant buildings within larger metropolitan areas in the 1950s, communities throughout the nation adopted historic preservation zoning codes to provide for the legal authority to designate and prevent the demolition or destruction of buildings considered valuable to the community as a whole.

On Executive Pastors

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executive pastors

April 19, 2010 at 9:01 am.

Rick Rusaw on Church for the Community

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April 17, 2010 at 11:15 am.

Church Executive May 2010, Volume 9, Issue 5

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administration, Church Executive, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL, management, May 2010, Rick Warren, RISK MANAGEMENT, stewardship, Training

April 15, 2010 at 5:58 am.

Among the highlights of the May issue is an interview with the author of a new Rick Warren biography. The issue includes two articles about retirement that provide information about planning and IRS regulations. Also in this issue, author Shirl Hoffman discusses sports culture and the church.

Push/pull management

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church, compromise, leader, managment, pastor, pull, push, staff

April 4, 2010 at 11:45 am.

If I push and you pull, we have movement, things get done. If we both push, or both pull, we often create an immovable object. Church ministries should not be immovable objects.