Thursday, August 25, 2011
Anything you pay the wrong preacher is too much...
Yesterday I wrote that I believe you cannot pay the right preacher/minister too much. But I also believe just as strongly that anything you pay the wrong preacher/minister is too much. So the obvious question is how do you know when you have the wrong minister? Some of this will be a matter of reversing yesterday's assesment of how you know you have the right minister.
You have no idea what he does. Not that you do not know his job description, but you are unable to identify what he does. You never cross their ministry tracks.
Their area of responsibility seems to always be in a struggle.
There are no unsolicited "wows" or "thanks" from lives they have touched.
They are unhappy with their pay or their workload.
It may be simply a matter of the wrong fit. I have seen many ministers who were clearly not succesful at one congregation be absolutely the right fit at a different place. And vice versa.
Maybe you have them in the wrong job. Every effective youth minister does not "grow up" to be a good preacher.
One last test: if they leave tomorrow, how hard will it be to replace them?
And for the record -- most minsiters I know are the ones you can't overpay.
But if you have the wrong one, don't keep pouring good money into a bad fit. You are not doing either the minsiter or the church a favor. And not helping the kingdom either.
You have no idea what he does. Not that you do not know his job description, but you are unable to identify what he does. You never cross their ministry tracks.
Their area of responsibility seems to always be in a struggle.
There are no unsolicited "wows" or "thanks" from lives they have touched.
They are unhappy with their pay or their workload.
It may be simply a matter of the wrong fit. I have seen many ministers who were clearly not succesful at one congregation be absolutely the right fit at a different place. And vice versa.
Maybe you have them in the wrong job. Every effective youth minister does not "grow up" to be a good preacher.
One last test: if they leave tomorrow, how hard will it be to replace them?
And for the record -- most minsiters I know are the ones you can't overpay.
But if you have the wrong one, don't keep pouring good money into a bad fit. You are not doing either the minsiter or the church a favor. And not helping the kingdom either.
