How do you conduct a job performance review for the elders (particularly the paid staff elders)? In other words, how do you determine if an elder is “ruling well”?
Before a man is considered for the office of an elder, he must be evaluated in light of the qualifications found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. But then what? Is that it? Is there anything in Scripture that suggests ongoing evaluation and encouragement for more effective ministry? Yes.
“Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching” (1 Tim. 5:17).
To consider an elder worthy of double honor, he must rule well. Paul’s admonition indicates an evaluation process that determines whether he’s doing this or not. Okay . . . But how? How can elders help one another “rule well”? How can a congregation know that its elders are serious about improving as elders?
Over the years, we’ve tried many ways to do “job performance evaluations,” particularly for our staff elders. And I’m serious when I say many. Our efforts mostly returned empty. Sometimes, the process was so ponderous and frustrating that
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