Author Archives: Dr. Larry Perkins

288. Building an Engaged, Effective Church Board — Who is Responsible? #1

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In this blog article I tackle a very serious question, but one that only infrequently in my experience receives focused attention on the part of board members, board chairs and lead pastors. Several factors contribute to this:

  1. Board leaders and
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287. Factors Contributing to Bad Board Decisions

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Decisions form the primary work of church boards. Making beneficial, wise decisions is job 1. In blog article 133 I discussed the problem that “group think” can create for church boards, hindering the achievement of wise decisions. In this blog … (read the rest)

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286. The “Other” Voices in Governance.

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Dr. Larry Perkins

It normally does not take a church board chairperson long to figure out that the church board, even though constitutionally it has considerable authority and responsibility, does not govern in a vacuum. Other groups within the congregation expect to have … (read the rest)

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285. Helping Board Members “Make Things Happen.”

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In his blog article “Precepts for the Supremely Successful Board” (June 2015, http://www.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2015/precepts-for-the-supremely-successful-board.aspx) J. Panas suggests that there are four kinds of trustees: those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; those to whom things happen; and those … (read the rest)

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284. Getting “On-Board” — Church Board Orientation

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Boardsource  recently published on their website the results of a study of nonprofit board leadership completed in collaboration with Wells Fargo (2015). There were 1472 respondents. One of the findings rather surprised me. Nearly half of board members felt their
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