The Ongoing Saga of Staff Conflict

Podcast Episode #244

Staff conflict creates division in churches and leads to an unhealthy church. It’s something to deal with head on with wisdom and grace.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

The pastor should play a major role in hiring new church staff.
Try to give inherited staff a chance when you come on as a new pastor.
There seems to be more church staff conflict today than there has been in the past.
When the congregation has conflict with one another, that fosters staff conflict as a result.
The purpose of church members and staff is to serve, not to be served.
Generational divides in the church go much deeper than worship style.
Because of looser accountability in churches, staff tend to drift toward either workaholism or laziness.
Sometimes we use grace to cover for and allow for bad work habits.
If you have conflict on your staff, you need to deal with it in order to become a healthy church.

The eight points of staff conflict we cover on the episode are:

More likely to occur when leader does not choose own staff.
Conflict seems to be happening more frequently.
Resolution groups are not much help.
Common issue: “old school vs. new school”
Another reason: the lazy staff person.
There is an unwillingness of many churches to address staff conflict adequately.
Alternative plan: focus efforts outwardly
Don’t kick the can.

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