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The Personnel Committee standard is currently being rolled out to Reliant partner churches and ministries. Please reach out to your Program Team Lead if you have questions about these committees. |
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| For more information on how Personnel Committees can operate, visit the Personnel Committee Resources and Best Practices page. |
Purpose and Responsibilities
To ensure accountability and transparency, churches in which all pastors are Reliant employees must have a Personnel where Reliant-employed pastors serve on the legal/governing board must have a Personnel Committee, acting as independent lay leaders and as a connection connected to Reliant HR. They will be entrusted with the annual review and performance management of local pastors, compensation setting for local pastors with Reliant, and any regular HR compliance responsibilities related to those pastors and to act as a reporting mechanism alongside Reliant for any personnel-related issues about them. The goal is to accomplish this in a principled way, with standards that can be met through a variety of church polity and governance systems.
The committee will be authorized by the governing board of the church to manage pastoral annual evaluations, to approve the Reliant-employed pastor’s pastor's compensation package, and
the compensation package of any member of the pastor’s pastor's family who is employed by Reliant or the church. The approval shall be documented in the minutes of the committee meetings.
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The pastors will not report to this committee hierarchically; the committee will provide accountability to employment issues. Any recommended actions from the committee (outside of pre - delegated authority) would be in the form of a proposal to the church's governing board and/or to Reliant HR for final decisions.
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- Not be employed by the church or Reliant
- Not be related to anyone employed by the church or Reliant
- Not be related to other members of the committee
- Not be in the hierarchy or employee management structure of the church or Reliant
- Not be in the hierarchy or employee management structure of another organization or company along with another member of the committee
- Not be a person whose employment or compensation is determined in a manner that involves input or decision-making by the person whose employment or compensation is being addressed
- Not have other personal or financial conflicts of interest. (It is okay to have Reliant donors on your committee.)
Committee Makeup
The committee shall be made up of three to five (3-5) men and women with a minimum of 30% gender diversity, a majority of whom are locally attending members of the church. Churches in the first three (3) years since planting, with less than 50 adult members (non-college students), or requesting an exemption due to other extenuating circumstances may use non-local committee members. Non-local members should be appointed with a preference for members from the planting church or from among former local members. If no amenable committee, in whole or in part, can be put into place, the Reliant Board Personnel Committee will assist with this function.
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