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Employment Essentials

Thrive’s Employment Essentials offers practical guidance for healthy church staff. It equips your congregation with employment practices that are both practical and grounded in CRCNA polity, so your staff can flourish and your church can stay focused on its mission. By listening to congregations across North America, we’ve identified six key focus areas and created step-by-step checklists addressing the most important issues to help your church set up systems for long-term success.

Sustaining Essentials

An Annual Employment Practices Audit

Crisis Essentials

A Guide for Employment Crisis Preparedness & Response

Calling Essentials (Ordained)

A Guide for Hiring Ordained Staff

Hiring Essentials (Non-Ordained)

A Guide for Hiring Non-Ordained People

Endings Essentials (Ordained)

A Guide for the End of a Call for Ordained Staff

Endings Essentials (Non-Ordained)

A Guide for Employment Endings of Non-Ordained Staff

* The information and materials on this website are intended for general informational purposes only and do not constitute any legal advice. The information presented is not a substitute for legal counsel and should not be relied upon as such. You should consult with a qualified attorney to address specific circumstances.

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