Good work starts with good people.

As your values-first HR partner, we’ll always put people over profits. No exceptions.

HR that meets nonprofits and ministries where it matters most.
You're not just stewarding dollars - you're stewarding souls.

Our clients are values-driven nonprofit organizations who refuse to cut corners when it comes to investing in their people and living on mission.

They find us when they need to simplify the complexities of ministry leadership and church operations. They choose us when they find so much more than the traditional HR solutions stack.

Fully integrated HR team

From payroll and compliance to benefits and consulting, our entire team sees themselves as partners in your success. No decision is ever made in a vacuum.

Legal-informed expertise

You’re getting more than an HR advisor with Servant HR. You’re getting access to our fully licensed legal expert who understands the nuances to local, state, and federal laws.

Values first, every time

Is it possible to navigate the hardest parts of leading an organization today without compromising your values? we say “absolutely YES!” and we’ll show you how every step of the way.

Our Values

Called. Compelled. Committed.
Everything we do is guided by our values.

Relationships

We build relationships with our clients so we can show up as partners, helping our clients grow themselves, their people, their organization, and their impact

Servant leadership

We aren’t here to be first or to stand in the spotlight. We are here to be servant leaders to the clients we serve, equipping them to succeed – both in work and in mission.

On Mission

We’re here to impact lives – beyond the boundaries of work. Our work is just a vehicle to carry out that mission, and that’s why we intentionally partner with values-first nonprofit leaders who see their own work as mission, too.

Why Servant HR?

It’s a question our founder asked himself back in 2003, too.

After getting his start in Indiana’s first-ever PEO company, Jeff Leffew felt a calling he couldn’t ignore. Pulling out a blue pen and a yellow notebook, he scribbled out a manifesto that would become the foundation for Servant HR – an unapologetic, faith-forward HR company that led with radical transparency, integrity, and an unyielding commitment to servant leadership.

Today, Servant HR has grown into one of Indiana’s leading PEOs, serving nonprofit and their leaders throughout the region with a comprehensive stack of HR solutions, including HR coaching and consulting, risk management, payroll, benefits administration, and retirement.

With a deep bench of expertise available to every client, Servant HR offers counsel for multi-state compliance and runs payroll in 38 states. Our team includes payroll coordinators, benefits administrators, onboarding specialists, a staff accountant, a licensed attorney, and other HR experts who work as a team for every client we serve.

We have an obsessive commitment to helping you carry out your unique responsibility to steward people, community, and God’s truth (while also trying to navigate increasingly complex employment and payroll laws). We understand that tension, and it’s why we will never ask you to compromise your values in order to protect, equip, and grow your team, your congregation, or your mission.

Our shared and collaborative expertise ensures accuracy at every level of our clients’ businesses, but what sets us apart from our competitors in the marketplace is our values-aligned approach.

Our bold admission?
HR is just the start of what we offer.

When you lead a ministry, you’re not just stewarding dollars — you’re stewarding souls.

When you partner with us, we come alongside you as advisors and invested teammates, helping you grow your people and your profits without compromising your integrity or your convictions.

We specialize in navigating the complex people and compliance challenges ministries like yours faces.

Things like staff retention in ministry, reduced burnout through structural clarity, board confidence, clear documentation in sensitive situations, and turnover costs and rising employment litigation, to name a few.

Kind Words from Our Customers

Extraordinary people. Leading extraordinary organizations.

“Sometimes, Servant HR’s values lead them to make different decisions that might not make sense to someone with a profit-first mentality, but that’s because they always make decisions in the best interest of the client they’re serving.”

Director of Operations, Home and Property Group

“Our company owner loves the fact that Servant HR’s morals and worldview align with what we feel as well, and as a family owned company, this is definitely a positive to us.”

President, Food Manufacturing Company

“We’ve been with Servant HR for a long time, and even as we’ve grown bigger, it would have to get really lopsided before we’d ever consider leaving – because we just know to not take that level of skill and service and responsiveness for granted.”