Monday is my day off, but I use it for the external client thing, so that I can legally and ethically charge my own fee.
Which brings me to my point: double-dipping. I've seen a whole lot of this in ministry. Guys doing outside work on ministry gear, and charging the client their own fee, all while on company time.
I see nothing wrong in making the extra money with the church's gear, as long as the senior pastor approves it, but it's the other part I have the problem with: making the extra money while at your regular job. When I perform duties for an outside client. I MAKE SURE that I'm not on the Crossroads clock (I'm salaried, btw). I was not hired to make my own side money while supposedly being there for Crossroads Church.
On the other hand, I've also seen the situation where a church's media department cannot perform outside work on their own. It has to be performed as part of their duties for their department, and the church makes all the money. I'm too much of a capitalist to agree to work at a place like that.
Anyway, that's my soapbox for today. Do you know of guys who do this? Do YOU do this? What's your policy regarding outside client stuff?
1 comment:
I can't agree with you more. I do my best to keep everything separate, and you made a GREAT point about using the church's equipment. I just got approval for using a camera for a job last week.
The only thing I'll mention is that it can get weird when you have other ministry organizations your church supports approach you personally to do work for them. There's all kinds of sticky there... :)
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