2007 Compensation Handbook for Christian Ministries

Cost:

CMA Member Participant $100/ Non-Participant $299
Non-Member Participant $299/ Non-Participant $449  

Compensation Resources, Inc. (CRI) and Christian Management Association (CMA) have released their 2007 Compensation Handbook for Christian Ministries. This is an annual study specifically designed to provide important compensation data for use by Christian based organizations. Along with salary data on 70 jobs, the survey also captured benefit information including insurance coverage and human resource trends, such as: paid time off, retirement plans, turnover, etc.

The data is separated into the following 12 industrial classifications covering Christian based organizations:

In addition, the survey data is reported for each position by revenue, employee size, and organizational hierarchy. Various statistical measures are reported, such as the average, median, and percentile data for each position.

A key finding is that there is a heavy reliance (80% of participants) on the use of published surveys for establishing the market price for their jobs. More than half (59% of respondents) provide salary increases based on length of service or provide flat across the board increases to all employees. The remaining 41% of the participants indicated that they provide salary increases based on employees’ evaluated performance. It is interesting to note that this is well below the use of merit pay programs typically found in the non-religion based organizations. In those organizations, merit pay accounts for 75%-93% according to various recent studies.

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Christian Management Association (CMA), founded in 1976, serves almost 5,000 ministry managers, church leaders, CEOs, senior leaders, board members and volunteers from more than 1,500 nonprofit faith-based ministries and large churches. CMA's mission is to move Christ-centered nonprofits toward organizational excellence in governance, leadership and management.

CMA offers to its members a wealth of resources, including the CMA Management Monthly e-Newsletter, the Christian Management Report, a bi-monthly publication, the web-based Engstrom Institute resource center, the Compensation Handbook for Christian Ministries, and leadership training at their Annual Leadership and Management Conference. In addition to numerous publications and training opportunities, CMA has developed a strong networking community, demonstrated by the extensive CMA Digital Membership Directory and the CMA Online Job Market. CMA Chapters allow for colleagues to gather for networking and training in key cities across the U.S.