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Shelly Moon\/GuideStone<\/em><\/p>\n

DALLAS \u2013 Ministers and church employees are invited to participate in the 2014 SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) Church Compensation Survey: a tool used by churches of all sizes to determine fair wages and benefits. Participants will be entered for a chance to win an iPad. The survey and complete contest rules are available at www.GuideStone.org\/CompensationSurvey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuideStone continues to be an advocate for pastors and church staff, ensuring that they are compensated fairly,\u201d said O.S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources. \u201cThat\u2019s why we partner with LifeWay Christian Resources and Baptist state conventions to produce this bi-annual study.\u201d<\/p>\n

Survey results are not reported individually. Compensation and benefit information can be contributed anonymously.<\/p>\n

Each Southern Baptist church employee who participates in the survey plays a vital role in building one of the largest databases of church compensation information in the United States. Survey results provide a baseline of compensation data among similar-sized churches within each state convention. Therefore, a higher number of participants leads to a more accurate baseline of compensation data.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe receive numerous requests to answer compensation surveys throughout the year,\u201d said Al Fausch, director of business and financial administration at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. \u201cWe don\u2019t participate in them all, but we always try to complete GuideStone\u2019s survey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Churches often don\u2019t contribute to salary surveys because they don\u2019t have time or receive enough valuable information in return. But according to Fausch, GuideStone\u2019s survey is worth the time because it provides customized reports to allow administrators, personnel\/finance committees and minister search teams to better determine adequate compensation for ministers and staff. That can be essential information for thousands of churches, which makes the survey worth the few minutes it takes to complete.<\/p>\n

Like many other church leaders, Fausch has accessed previous survey results when hiring new staff to ensure that employees are being compensated at competitive levels. \u201cThe results are easy to navigate,\u201d Fausch said. \u201cI encourage everyone to participate. We are helping each other as well as ourselves by establishing accurate benchmarks.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the survey, GuideStone and LifeWay will compile the submitted data and provide all users with access to the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis survey, which is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, will help scores of churches as they seek to provide for those who are called to lead their congregations,\u201d Hawkins said.<\/p>\n

Southern Baptist church ministers and staff have until May 31 to complete the online survey. Survey results will be released this summer. Survey participants will receive advance notification of the results and can begin to access the data upon notice.<\/p>\n

The winner of the iPad will be notified via email.<\/p>\n

Contact GuideStone Financial Resources with any questions or issues. Call toll free 1-888-98-GUIDE (1-888-984-8433) Monday-Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST to speak with a customer relations specialist, or send an email to info@GuideStone.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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