The Performance Review Revolution: Linking Performance to Spiritual Formation

The Healthy Church Staff Podcast

The Healthy Church Staff Podcast
The Performance Review Revolution: Linking Performance to Spiritual Formation
May 07, 2026 Episode 609

This episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast focuses on transforming church staff performance reviews from business-like evaluations into meaningful discipleship conversations. Todd Rhoades discusses the importance of integrating spiritual development with professional performance, suggesting a new framework for reviews that includes competence, character, and calling, to better reflect the unique nature of ministry work. • Performance reviews in churches often mirror corporate models, lacking spiritual depth. • Suggests integrating spiritual growth into review processes, not separating character from competence. • Proposes using open-ended questions to focus on personal and spiritual growth. • Recommends dividing reviews into sections: competence, character, and calling. • Performance reviews should feel like discipleship conversations rather than corporate evaluations. • Encourages churches to develop review systems that include spiritual formation aspects.

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