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# Church Staff and Healthy Relationships
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2003710church-staff-and-healthy-relationships-html/
- Published: 2003-07-10T13:05:46.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:48.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

Last week John Campea wrote about "[Whether working in a church is a hindrance to your spiritual development?](http://www.johncampea.com/2003%5F07%5F01%5Farchive.html?ref=dashhouse.com#105713778033686663)" But I would say — "Is working in a church a hindrance to your relational life — especially with fellow staff?" One of the reasons churches are dying is because of traditional program staff's difficulties in having team based, servant hearted relationships. In the friends I know in large church ministry the term 'collegial relationship' is a dying term. Obviously – on this weblog we are speaking of a church which is willing to take up its cross and die – so as to live a life of grace. How might power dynamics, core values, and accountable relationships play into churches that have staff driven ministries. Are they *dying churches* as referred to above – or just dying churches. Who was it that said — when I meet a Buddist monk – I meet a holy man. When I meet an American Protetstant pastor – I meet a manager. Thoughts?