We recently partnered with Tony Morgan’s The UnStuck Group to conduct a survey on church staffing and structure. Over 600 churches participated, and we wanted to share the results with you.
A thriving church staff can make a huge impact on a community. As it turns out, it seems that church growth rates are largely dependent on several important leadership and structure criteria.
The fastest growing churches have a unified senior leadership team, which sets the strategy for the church staff. The fastest-growing churches also build their entire staff and ministry structure around a clear strategy, which allows staff to have clear responsibilities and goals. These key leadership components set churches up for overall health and long-term growth.
In light of these statistics, it would behoove church leaders to ensure their staff has direction and clear goals. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. 1 out of 2 church staff members does not believe that their church staff is healthy and effective. Thus, it is not suprising to find that according to the survey, 51% of church staff members are open to new employment.
Both Vanderbloemen Search Group and The Unstuck Group exist to help church leaders understand how to build effective and healthy teams.
