A local network for church staff
Church staff shouldn’t have to figure it out alone.
Staff Hangout connects church staff in your town, across every denomination, size, and title, so you have people nearby to swap ideas, share what’s working, and carry the load together.
The problem
Lots of churches in your town. Not much talking between them.
There are churches all over your town, and the people who run them rarely get in the same room. Most of us are doing hard, meaningful work with no one nearby who gets it.
There’s no one to ask what worked, what flopped, or how to keep ministry and real life in balance.
How it works
Simple on purpose.
Step 1: Find your people
Look for a local hangout near you, made up of church staff from your own town.
Step 2: Get together
Coffee, lunches, and meetups. Each hangout decides what fits its town.
Step 3: Stay connected
Contact lists, shared ideas, and help when you need it.
Who it’s for
If you work at a church, you belong here.
Any title
Whatever your role on staff, there’s someone down the street doing the same job at another church.
Any size
From a church plant meeting in a school to a church with several campuses. Every size has something to share.
Any denomination
Different traditions, same town, same calling. You don’t have to agree on everything to have coffee.
Roles we hope to see
- Lead pastors
- Executive pastors
- Associate pastors
- Admins
- Worship
- Youth
- Kids & family
- Groups
- Care
- Outreach
- Production & tech
- Facilities
- Finance
- Communications
- Operations
- …and everyone else on staff
The Big C Church
We hear about the Church, capital C, all the time. Staff Hangout is a simple way to actually live it out, one town at a time.
Find a hangout
Is there a hangout near you?
Enter your city or ZIP code and we’ll see who’s nearby.
Get involved
Be one of the first in your town.
No hangouts yet. Be the one who starts it. Tell us where you are and how you’d like to help, and we’ll connect you with church staff nearby as hangouts get going.
It takes about a minute. We never sell or share your information.
FAQ
Good questions.
A local group of church staff from the same area. Each hangout sets up its own meetups, get-togethers, and contact list, so you have people nearby to swap ideas with, ask what's working, and lean on when ministry gets heavy.
Anyone on a church staff. Pastors, admins, worship, youth, kids, facilities, finance, communications, and everyone else. Big church or small, any denomination. If you work at a church, you belong here.
Not yet. We're just getting started. Tell us where you are using the form above. We'll reach out when one gets going near you, and if you'd like to help start it, even better.
That's up to each hangout. It might be a monthly coffee, a quarterly lunch, or a group text that saves you when the sound board dies on a Sunday morning. Each hangout decides what fits its town.
No. Staff Hangout is for church staff across every denomination. The whole point is getting people from different churches in the same room.
We'll contact you about hangouts in your area. That's it. We won't add you to anything else, and we never sell or share your information.
No. Staff Hangout is completely free.