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Associate staff are volunteers and not employees or independent contractors of Reliant. Associate staff are volunteers who have been approved to conduct ministry on behalf of Reliant and to incur bona fide ministry expenses, reimbursable according to Reliant's accountable reimbursement plan. Non-employed spouses of Reliant employees may be considered Associate staff if they perform legitimate volunteer ministry within the scope of Reliant's ministry purposes and have gone through the application process. Since volunteers do not receive any form of compensation, their service to the ministry will generally be recognized through non-compensatory means such as recognition and praise.

Initial and Released Employees (MTD)

Initial Status

Reliant employees that are deputized fundraisers on behalf of Reliant begin their employment with the status "initial" for purposes of MTD (Ministry Team Development - see Chapter 6). The job description for staff in the initial phase requires all paid hours to be dedicated to MTD. Employees in the initial phase will not be paid for ministry responsibilities. The employee may participate in functions for their own encouragement and refreshment on their own time.

It is Reliant's expectation that an employee in the initial phase is not responsible for any ministry duties and will not be allowed to participate in any mission trips during the first 6 months of initial MTD. Employees in the initial phase may request an exception to participate in a mission trip after the first 6 months. Exceptions will be granted on a case by case basis and will be based on MTD performance.

Sustaining Status

Once an employee has reached their required MTD Goal (see section 6.2.g), he or she is "Released to Assignment". A new job description should be submitted to Missionary Resources. In this status, an employee begins to be paid for ministry hours worked. It is Reliant's expectation that employees continue to maintain a healthy balance in the account for which they are responsible. (Typically 5 - 10% of a missionaries job will be devoted to Sustaining MTD.)  If this level drops to an unhealthy level for an extended period of time, the employee may be returned to "Initial MTD" status (see section 6.2.n).

Active Status 

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Accruing Status

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