Odds and Ends
Most churches make a fatale mistake when they hire staff- they hire them to maintain what they’ve got instead of multiplpying it. Take most Youth Directors for example. Most churches think they need a youth director and they hire someone full time to take care of 25 youth. They dont hire them to multiply the group, but to take care of them so the pastor doesnt have to do it. Churches dont need full time Youth Directors unless they have 50 or more youth in regular attendance and the goal is to grow to 100 in two years. A full time youth director should have at least 100 youth in regular attendance or you dont need the person.
The same is true with a Children’s Director. You dont need a full time person here unless you have 200+ children or you have 100+ children and the goal is to double that number in four years. Otherwise use a Lay Mobilizer who is responsible for adults, children, youth, and small groups - not to do them but to recruit and equip the lay people to do it.
In other words dont hire unless the goal is to grow the group.