Taking Care of the People Who Carry the Mission

In this episode of Saints Together, Conversations in Leadership and Christian Higher Education, Dr. Jay McCurry talks about something we cannot afford to ignore: if Christian higher education is going to be healthy, then we must care for the faculty and staff who carry the mission every day.That includes human resources, professional development, salary, benefits, sabbaticals, academic freedom, workload, morale, and the overall health of our workforce. Those are not just business topics. They are mission topics. A university cannot ask people to pour into students year after year and never ask whether those same people are being supported, encouraged, and strengthened for the work. Taking care of employees is not a luxury. It is stewardship. At Randall, our people are our greatest strength. Buildings matter. Programs matter. Enrollment matters. Budgets matter. But people carry the mission. Faculty and staff are the ones who teach, advise, recruit, coach, counsel, clean, fix, lead, pray, and walk with students through the ordinary and extraordinary moments of college life. We cannot become so focused on the mission that we forget the people God has called to carry it.