You need to know what your leaders are doing and placing in their lives to protect their integrity, relationships, marriages, reputations, etc. Every staff member @ Meadow, including me, is required to sign & commit to a set of values and standards. If someone is unwilling to sign and commit to these, they are disqualifed from leading in a staff role.
I take my leadership and the leadership of Meadow staff extremely serious. I simply don't mess around with it. Have fun with it? Absolutely. I am having the time of my life. But ... protecting it and the high standards it comes with are non-negotiables.
It's been awhile since I have communicated these values & standards. I will be breaking it down into bite-sized pieces over the next few days.
This is the intro section:
Staff positions at Meadow Spring – whether pastoral staff, ministry staff, or support staff – are Christian leadership positions of the highest calling and carry with them a significant level of responsibility, honor, and respect from each other, our church family, and the community we are trying to reach.
While we each have different areas of focus and responsibility, we are on the same team – and it is a growing team. Due to this team growth, we need to have clearly communicated and understood values and standards which help identify us, create professionalism in our conduct, community image, and image to our church family. These values will also protect and help us be men and women of integrity.
While these values and standards may not necessarily be expected of the Meadow Spring member or attender, they are expected of all who accept the calling of being on paid ministry staff at Meadow Spring. As we choose a higher sense of leadership and responsibility, we too are accepting a higher standard of values and ethical expectations.
God takes very seriously those He calls into church leadership positions. God also assigns a higher level of expectation and accountability to those He calls into church leadership positions. We will too.
Having values of excellence are essential because:
• Our positions first and foremost represent Jesus Christ. How we conduct ourselves and present ourselves is a testimony of the God we serve and is a huge factor in how people view our God. We want people to view our God as a God of excellence, order, strength, love, etc.
• Our positions represent Meadow Spring. Just as how we conduct ourselves and present ourselves determines to a large degree how people view our God, it also greatly affects how people view Meadow Spring. We want people to view Meadow Spring as a church of professional excellence and high ethical standards.
• The values we choose affect the manner in which we do ministry. High standards and professional standards breed professional work and ministry.
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