A Blog for the leaders at Calvary McAllen

This blog is a place for Lead Pastor Julio to share updates on leadership ideas and developments at Calvary. I encourage feedback and comments as we together seek God's leadership for our church and for His mission.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Personnel Budget 2012

Our congregation approved the 2012 proposed budget a week ago in "Church Conference."  One of the large portions of the budget has to do with personnel.  Our church has seven pastors on staff, two part-time associates, a Church Administrator, and five ministry assistants.  This staff has the privilege and responsibility of providing leadership, ministry and resources to church members so that together we may all do the work of the ministry.

The personnel committee is elected by the church in order to ensure that the staff receives adequate compensation for their work, that they are provided with benefits and terms of employment that recognize the value of their work and that is equitable for our particular church setting.  The responsibility of this committee is great and they should be commended for their hard work.

For the 2012 budget, the personnel committee reviewed a national study of church employee compensation that used criteria of church size, educational level, and years of service, among other things.  Based on this study and other information, the committee agreed to bring the compensation of two in our pastoral staff into alignment.  While it has not been the practice of the committee or the congregation to publish all the salaries of the staff for several years, it is important that leaders be aware of how thorough the work of the committee is.


Marcus Rodriguez', Pastor for Families with Students, compensation was brought into alignment in keeping with the size of ministry he is leading, in accordance with this level of education and his years of service here at Calvary.  We are grateful for a vibrant student ministry and for the leadership of Pastor Marcus.


Rolando Aguirre, Pastor for Spanish Language Ministries and Regional Missions, has had increased responsibilities as the Spanish-speaking portion of our congregation continues to grow and as he continues to give leadership to regional missions and serves as liaison for to the missions committee.  He also assists the lead pastor in pastoral counseling and in supplying the pulpit.  Taking this in consideration, the personnel committee also saw fit to bring his compensation up in keeping with his increased responsibilities, his level of education and his years of service at Calvary.  We are blessed to have Pastor Rolando on our staff.


Our personnel budget also provides for the position of Pastor for Global Impact and Administration.  We pray and hope that our budget may be met so that this vacancy can be filled.  This is a key position in regard to the missional direction of our church and we look forward to God's provision in this area.


We are grateful, once again, for a personnel committee that has worked hard to make sure our staff is taken care of, thus freeing them up to do what God has called them to do.


Please pray for our staff and for the continued generosity of the congregation in budget giving.

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