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Reliant Field missionaries are ministers of the gospel. (Insert verses here)

As ministers of the gospel working within a church-based missions agency, we classify our missionaries in the following categories.

Full-Time

Full-time Reliant missionaries are gospel workers who generally perform at or above 40 hours/week. Their work is ministerial in nature. These missionaries are paid as a full-time, salaried employee. These missionaries are not required to track hours for Reliant, though they may be asked by their local church or ministry to track ministry time worked.

Part-Time 30, 25 or 20

Part Time 30, 25 or 20 hour Reliant missionaries are gospel workers who generally perform at 30, 25 or 20 hours/week. Their work is ministerial in nature. Because the nature of ministry work is sometimes difficult to accurately track, we ask that these missionaries put in an estimated amount of time per week that equates to these hours. Reliant asks that if any missionary begins to average more than or less than 5 hours/week of their current listed hours, over a period of time, they would move their employment status to match their actual hours. However, they are not responsible to track their hours for Reliant, though they may be asked by their local church or ministry to track ministry time worked. These missionaries are paid a prorated salary based on the amount of hours worked. For instance a Part-Time 20 Reliant missionary would be paid half of what he or she would be paid if they were Full-Time.

Part-Time

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: Less than 20 hours/week

Part Time: Less than 20 hours/week Reliant missionaries are gospel workers who generally perform at less than 20 hours/week, or have roles that are perhaps seasonal with extended periods of low hours/week. Their work is ministerial in nature. Because the nature of these roles is often seasonal and may fluxuate more often, these missionaries are asked to fill out a time card and are paid based on hours worked.

Associate Staff

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.

Fully Administrative

From time to time, Reliant may hire someone who will be performing only administrative tasks for a church or ministry. These employees would not be raising support and would only be supported by their local church. For these employees we follow FSA guidelines.

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Exempt or Salaried Employees

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In addition, some Reliant employees perform role which do not qualify as "exempt" under the criteria discussed above are considered non-exempt and subject to the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Non-exempt employees are normally paid at the hourly overtime pay rate for any time worked over 40 hours in a work week, in accordance with applicable federal and state wage and hour laws. Time off for any reason, including holidays, sick leave, vacations, and other forms of leave will not be considered hours worked for overtime eligibility.

Associate Staff

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