Life.Church reviews

4.7

93% would recommend to a friend

(1,014 total reviews)
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Craig Groeschel

96% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Life.Church has an employee rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,014 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Life.Church employee rating is 32% above average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Mar 16, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Healthcare benefits, competitive salaries, training dollars (money allotted for extended education), flexible hours depending on your department, casual dress code, at least 7-10 days/yr for team building

Cons

Leadership inconsistencies, toxic hierarchical rankings used to pit employees against one another, fear tactics used to control and manipulate employees and volunteers, asking questions or giving feedback (to a disparaging leaders) can be the beginning of a very abusive tenure at LC, going above an abusive leader can result in termination - even if you are going to HR about them, A LOT OF GOSSIP (especially in the leadership meetings where the personal lives of employees are commonly discussed)

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Life.Church Response
3y
Thank you for submitting a review. We're sorry to hear you had a negative experience. What you described certainly doesn't reflect our beliefs, our values, or the heart of our church. If you are interested in sharing more about your experience, please email ctlhumanresources@life.church as we'd love to connect with you.
5.0
Dec 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people I work with are talented, hard-working, passionate, and care about each other as people. We do fun, high quality, creative work. But then not only does it impact the thousands upon thousands of people who attend a Life.Church location, we get the most amazing stories from people around the world who use the resources, apps, curriculum, podcasts, graphics, and other spiritual growth materials for free. The generosity culture is truly amazing. What I'm most excited about though is that my kids grew up in this church and love Jesus, are engaged in serving and participating at church, and would consider working here at some point too. That's really saying something when they've grown up seeing behind the curtain.

Cons

Because of how passionate we are about directing our resources toward growth and our mission, don't expect the pay to be lavish or even comparable to other large churches. The best of the best work here because they want to be a part of this mission, not because they're going to get rich. You can support your family, but you're probably going to make more other places. If money, status, and notoriety are what you're after, do something else.

1.0
Feb 9, 2024

Proceed with caution

Recommend
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Pros

Nothing comes to mind at the moment.

Cons

I’m sharing this perspective after being gone from LC for a couple of years. In my opinion, working at LC is like being in high school with everything being a popularity contest and an opportunity to confirm more. I found that everyone dresses the same, acts the same, and looks the same. I enjoyed my time there at first, until I got on the wrong side of the wrong person. Boundaries were crossed regularly, i went to my mentor at one point with a work question and he felt the need to use analogy about s** to make a point. I received regular feedback from my leader that was extremely personal and had no impact on my work. Working at LC was personally traumatic to me and has made me question so many things. I have no desire to ever step foot in a church again. Working at LC - I thought I was going to be surrounded by godly people when in reality I just found myself surrounded by people determined to be a copy of the Groeschels. I want nothing to do with LC or anyone affiliated with it but I share this as a word of caution for new staff members. Be cautious, ask questions, and when something makes you uncomfortable speak up for yourself.

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Life.Church Response
2y
We appreciate you sharing your personal experience here. Your feedback will help us grow as our leaders review every comment on Glassdoor to help identify areas where we can improve. The health and culture of Life.Church is extremely important to us. We greatly value creating a great workplace for everyone who joins our team. While we understand that might not be your experience here, we’d love to hear more about how we can improve your time with us. If you are interested, please email hr@life.church, and someone from our team will contact you soon.
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