Week Four – People – David

People: How can a minister leader do church administrations in a way that still focuses on PEOPLE?

First and foremost, the church administrators must know how to treat people and work alongside people. No matter how big the church is things need to be run as Christ would run them, which would be full of love, joy, and peace.

I believe that the church needs to stay away from being a business. And that the administration is run well with its focus on caring about the people. It is not just about the administrator who makes sure things run smoothly in the church, but about people; not only the staff, but the people that come in and out of the church. There must be a balance! It is super importance that the administrator does his or her job correctly, but they must know what it is like to be with people.

For example, my Dad works on the campus service at a big church called Northwoods Community Church, and he is in charge of the 4 volunteer groups. Well the church recently hired a new administrative leader who comes from a Marine background, and just does not understand the importance of relating to people. One night there was an instance where the Marine-administrator-dude came in and was not happy that dad was spending time with his volunteers and yelled at him. He said “if you are going to be chatting with these people, then you need to clock-out because we are not going to pay you to talk to people.” Well the Boss came in and said that this is his job and what he is supposed to do; and Rod’s (my Dad) teams are growing. See, the administrator did not understand the importance of relating to people; he was concerned about getting the job done.