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How to work with the Second Chair (Part 1)

Perhaps no other staff relationship is more important on the church staff than the relationship between the Senior Pastor and the Second Chair, whether that second chair person carries the title, Executive Pastor, COO or something else.

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Church Executive, May 2012, Volume 11, Issue 5

This issue includes an interview with Randy Weaver, senior pastor of Lone Star Cowboy Church, Montgomery, TX. Also included are features on risk management, church seating, business interruption insurance, and a special section on green churches.

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Bill Cripe’s faith journey

Bill Cripe’s faith journey began in high school

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Adultery in the pulpit

Adultery in the pulpit is like a fire

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Church conflict: The context decides its outcome

If an American pastor was sentenced to death by an American court because he refused to recant his faith

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Hard decisions

The economy and its affect on the church still ranks high

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Make sure your staff has a chance at a dignified retirement

Retirement. We all hope one day to do it. As church and ministry executives, you likely want to make sure you can offer your employees a competitive, robust retirement plan at a reasonable cost to your bottom line. But how do you know if your current plan is on the right track, or, if you don’t have one yet, how to choose the right one? “Establishing employee benefits is a very important consideration for any church or ministry and its employees,” says Dixie Beard, director of business development at GuideStone Financial Resources. “But before rushing into establishing an employee retirement plan, it is important to establish your ministry’s objectives, such as meeting your moral obligation to employees, evaluating your cultural environment and establishing cost parameters.”

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Meet Ken Whitten

Ken Whitten admits that his weakness can be that

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Best practices for families in the business of a church

Most people don’t think of churches as family businesses. Yet, as in most fields of endeavor, we find that young people often follow in their parents’ footsteps. Typically, this is the field that they know most about since they grew up around it. Most famous church family successions of late are the Schullers, the Falwells, and the Grahams (though a ministry, not a congregation). They are not immune to the issues that plague secular family businesses: greed, entitlement, jealousy and struggles over power and control. (See sidebar on the November sale of the Crystal Cathedral by the bankruptcy court.)

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Leading by asking

Leaders do not have all the answers. And if leaders

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