Whether reading this text for effective management in churches or business, the principles will apply regardless. From a ministry perspective, this book will challenge pastors and other leaders in the church, especially boards or other decision-making volunteers to question whether they help or hinder forward progress.

For pastors/preachers the issue is about knowing when to add what, who, when and why. Failure to add the right people at the right time will cripple a church, but being too top heavy at the wrong stage, and with the wrong people will also hobble a church from being effective.

McIntosh, in this text, sets out some very clear and simple guidelines to know what to do when, and how to effectively manage it for the maximum benefit of the church, those involved in ministry, and for the pastors. The text therefore is not solely about staffing, but about conflict resolution, leadership, and finances. In a brief text he outlines the basics of church administration from which all churches could benefit.