Over the last year and a half, the Executive Team and Elders have been developing a long-term strategy for staffing at Currey Creek. This strategy includes replacing key vacated pastoral positions, hiring new pastoral positions as needed, and addressing other staffing needs as our church continues to grow.

One critical factor that we have learned from planting churches is that we lose key volunteers, staff, and leaders. We want to develop and implement a plan to develop leaders across ministry lines so that when we plant in the future, we have a “next man up” strategy in place.

Dr. Free’s dissertation was on developing a staffing strategy to facilitate a residency program for church planting. This method of acquiring and developing church planters will allow us to retain key staff members and also send out well equipped pastors.

Growth is going to happen whether we are proactive or not. As you can see, the new worship facility and offices are only a component part of an overall strategy to facilitate growth, develop disciples and plant healthier churches. The building will allow us to accommodate growth and simultaneously build a stronger base for future church planting.