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Overview: Hiring Process (Non-Pastoral)

Status

Implementation status: Upcoming

Due: 2026-04-29

Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle (placeholder): Non-pastoral hiring still requires theological alignment, character evaluation, and competence assessment — not just a skills screen. A written workflow prevents ad-hoc hires that create later problems.

Mayflower's Current Practice

Week 8 of the implementation. Planned work: draft the non-pastoral hiring workflow, define theology/character/competence criteria, clarify decision authority, review with elders, save the hiring process document. Due Apr 29, 2026.

Governance & Document References

  • Constitution and Bylaws — personnel sections
  • Position Descriptions as role-specific hiring criteria inputs

Open Questions

  • Who has final hiring authority for non-pastoral roles?
  • What theological affirmations are required?
  • Background check policy?

Page template: Principle + Mayflower Practice. Part of The Streamline Admin System, adapted from Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems.

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