General policy: The categories below define the types of employees within Reliant. In general, an employee is a person who receives wages or salaries from Reliant in exchange for work performed and who is characterized as an "employee" rather than an "independent contractor" under the IRS' criteria set forth in Revenue Ruling 87-41. |
Reliant field missionaries are ministers of the gospel who exist for the support the furtherance of the Great Commission as found in Matthew 28:18-20. - "Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
As ministers of the gospel working, we classify our missionaries in the following categories.
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 full-time, salaried employees. 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 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: 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 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.
Your employment status should match the amount of hours you are working, unless you are fully a volunteer. You cannot volunteer for some of your hours and be paid for other hours. |