Church Research

Our church is going through the process of revisiting our vision for ministry and preparing a "Roles and Responsibilities" document for our pastor at the request of our pastor. I realize that each congregation has their own focus for ministry, however I was wondering if any of your churches have a R&R document for your pastor (ok, that's a funny acronym)?

I guess I'm wondering:

• what we need to include (e.g. a specific list of administrative duties or just a comment that says "Fulfill administrative needs of the church")
• what types of things are biblically pastoral roles
• what are NOT pastoral obligations (in a church of 60 people)
• ideas as to what are realistic expectations and unrealistic expectations for a full time pastor of a small congregation

I don't know what else to ask. I know that many of you that drop in from time to time are involved in ministry either in a pastoral role or in other leadership roles. I'm very interested in how you would respond to the above as well as what else I should be asking about!

Please either respond here or email me (since most of you are family). If your church has a document like this that isn't confidential, I would be most interested in reading an example.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to your ideas!