Personnel Guidance
Updated September 2023
Compensation
PC (USA) Employment Guidance for Sessions (PDF)
Payroll Processes (slides)
2026 Minimum salary for Pastors and church staff COLA recommendations
Hiring
Hiring Process (slides)
Family Leave
2023 Memo from General Assembly of the PC (USA)
Ideas for Covering Worship During 12-week Family Leave (PDF)
Sabbaticals
Planning Guidance and resources
Safe Ministries
PC (USA) Creating Safe Ministries page
Workbench from the Insurance Board (available to all PCUSA councils)
Termination/Leaving
Policy handbook text and discussion questions