"We're Understaffed" Is Not a Strategy

The Healthy Church Staff Podcast · Oct 7, 2026 · 8m · transcript

The podcast discusses the issue of chronic understaffing in churches, where positions remain unfilled, leading to existing staff covering additional roles. This results in fatigue and burnout, normalizing understaffing as a strategy rather than a temporary measure. The host, Todd Rhoades, urges church leaders to either hire for open positions or discontinue the tasks associated with those roles instead of overburdening the current staff. • Chronic understaffing becomes normalized as a strategy rather than a temporary measure. • Existing staff are overworked, covering multiple roles due to…