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LeaderCare & Church Administration
The Office of LeaderCare/Church Administration serves Alabama Baptists in two primary areas:
Church-Minister Relations
A primary purpose of this ministry is to assist churches in their search for ministers and to assist ministers in their search for places of service. The local church is assisted in three ways:
1. Materials to assist in the search process
2. Training of the committee. (A two-hour training program is provided by the director of the department).
3. Resumes. (There are usually 600-800 active resumes available to be shared with churches by request according to the criteria the search committee designates).
Ministers are assisted in their search by counsel as to how to best carry out the search process and by the sharing of one's resume. Crisis ministry is another aspect of this office's work.
1. Conflict consultation is a performed function of the department director. He is available to personally consult with a pastor, deacon chairman, deacons group or a whole congregation in helping a church decide how to manage its conflict.
2. Counseling is made available to ministers and their families who are having personal difficulty. A list of competent, Christian counselors is maintained in the office and counseling is subsidized at $30 per session.
3. Also available is emergency financial assistance for ministers who have been terminated by an Alabama Baptist church.
Seminars are led by Dale Huff on such topics as:
Stress Management
Time Management
Dealing With Difficult People
Power, Authority and Pastoral Leadership
Conflict Management
Church Administration
The purpose of this ministry is to help pastors, staff members, minister's spouses, committee members, and members of the church leadership team (formerly church council) to lead, proclaim, care for and administer the people and resources of the church in carrying out their mission. This mission is achieved through statewide, area, and associational conferences and workshops carried out in seven primary areas:
1. Provide training to help churches and ministers as they lead, proclaim, care and administer.
2. Provide printed resources for special church events.
3. Resource areas include worship planning, sermon planning, ordination, licensing, dedication services, and other special days.
4. Provide resources for church documents.
5. Resources provided include job descriptions for all staff, personnel policies, job descriptions for all committees, job descriptions for all church officers, church constitution, by-laws, policies, procedures, preparing a church administration policy manual, staff appraisal, church anniversary celebrations, etc. and many more.
6. Provide programs, resources and support for bivocational pastors and smaller membership churches.
7. Provide programs and resources for Church Weekday Education.
Chip Smith provides ministry in the area of church administration.
Visit www.alsbom.org/safe to find information relating to the Task Force on Sexual Misconduct in churches.
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Dale Huff - Director of the Office of LeaderCare/Church Administration - ext. 203, dhuff@alsbom.org - View Bio
Alabama Association of Baptist Secretaries Conference; Conflict Consultation; Counseling; Financial Assistance for Terminated Ministers; Religious Education Workshop; Resume Service; Search Committees; Secretarial Conferences and Training; Secretaries Certification; Staff Development; Strength Under Stress; Stress Management; Time Management; Young Leaders Program. |
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Chip Smith - Associate in the Office of LeaderCare/Church Administration -ext. 342, csmith@alsbom.org - View Bio
Administrative Policies, How To Write; Administrative Services, Church; Anger and Authority; Associational Pastoral Ministries; Background Check; Benevolence Committee; Bivocational Minister/Spouse Retreat; Bivocational Ministers; Building and Grounds Committee; Bus and Van Regulations; Business of the Church, Association; Bylaws, How To Write and Interpret Cemetery Policies; Child Abuse Prevention; Church Administration; Church Administrative Services; Church Council; Church Covenant; Church Food Service Conference; Church Leadership Team; Church Legal Concerns; Church Officers; Church Personnel Management; Church Planning; Church Staff Members, When to Add; Church Staff Relationships; Church Weekday Education; Commercial Drivers’ License; Committees and Ministry Teams; Committee Job Descriptions; Constitution and Bylaws, How to Write and Interpret; Copyright Information; CWE Director’s Winter Workshop; CWE Summer Leadership Conference; Day Care/Childcare; Developing Policies, Constitution & Bylaws; Employment Practices, How to Write and Interpret; Enhancing Your Image; Filing/Records Management, How To Do; Food Service, How To Do; Future Trends; Gender Issues; Generational Issues; Hiring Practices; How To Do Church; Image; Incorporation, How To Write and Interpret; Insurance for the Church; Insurance - Property/Casualty; Janitorial Services, How To Write Policies & Manage Facilities; Job Application Forms, How To Write; Job Descriptions, How To Write; Job Evaluation, How To Write and Conduct; Leadership 2000; Leadership’99; Leadership to Revive the Plateaued Church; Leadership Seminars in LeaderCare/Church Administration; Legal Concerns, Church; Loss Prevention; Maintenance Management; Managing Business of the Church; Membership Profile/Talent Survey; Ministers’ Wives; Ministry Skills; Ministry Teams; Ministry Teams: No More Committees; Mission Statement/Mission of the Church; Moderators, Church; Nominating Committee, Church; Parliamentary Procedure; Pastoral Care; Pastoral Ministries; Pastor/Staff Appreciation Day; Pastor/Staff Leadership: Church-Minister Relations/Church Admin.; Personal Enrichment for Minister’s Wives; Personal Growth for Ministers; Personnel Administration, How To; Personnel Committee, How To; Planning, Annual, How To; Planning for Church Growth; Plateaued Church; Policies, How To Write; Preaching; Preschool Committee; Property and Space Committee; Public Relations Committee; Purpose Statement/Purpose of the Church; Records Management; Records Retention, How To Manage; Salary Planning; Security; Shared Ministry; Single Staff Churches; Smaller Membership Church; Space Renovations/Utilization (Church Office); Special Events; Starting a CWE Ministry; Strategic Planning, Church; Time Management; Trends; Trustees, Church; Values Based Planning; Van/Bus Policies; Vehicles; Vision Statement; When and How To Add a Staff Member; Worship; Worship Committee |
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