justinlathrop on May 7th, 2009

I hear all the time, “how did The Oaks put together such an incredible staff?” I love hearing that because I love the staff at the church I get to serve at and it makes me happy to see other people notice that they are great people. Something I heard from Craig Groeschel a couple [...]

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justinlathrop on April 23rd, 2009

I have a confession to make to you all. I am a complete church junkie. I love the Church, think about the Church, dream about the Church all the time. Honestly, since I was a teenager I have always been interested in what the Church is and what other churches are doing. Now back in [...]

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justinlathrop on April 3rd, 2009

On Thursday night and all day Friday I had a unique opportunity to join 14 senior pastors being mentored by Craig Groeschel. I took 7 pages of notes, but what I wanted to highlight in this post was the things that were said that pertain to staffing.
1. Your can know your potential of your church [...]

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justinlathrop on March 17th, 2009

It probably stemed from how many friends I have that are planting churches combined with the launching of HELPSTAFF.me last week, but I can’t stop thinking about casting the vision to college and ministry training school grads to dedicate the first two years of their ministry to bi-vocational ministry.
A bi-vocational pastor is one that gets [...]

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admin on March 10th, 2009

This morning the website for my new company went live. I would love it if you check it out at www.helpstaff.me.
For years I have been the one primarily responsible for finding new pastoral staff members for the church I serve at, The Oaks. In addition to that I have had the opportunity to help many [...]

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