Category Archives: Board Member

244. Church Boards and Their Relationship with other Internal Church Ministries.

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In several of my church board consultations I have encountered situations where congregations have established subsidiary ministries (e.g. Christian schools, child care centers, camps). In some cases the congregation is advised to establish a separate board to oversee this new … (read the rest)

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243. Church Board Chemistry — Developing and Sustaining It

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Without a doubt one of the great challenges in leading church boards is the reality of constant change of board members. As I have commented in earlier blog articles, I suspect that in most congregations 50 – 60% of the … (read the rest)

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242. Church Boards and Unfunded or Deferred Liabilities — A Chairperson’s Concern

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

An unfunded liability is a financial obligation contracted or accepted in some way by an organization but which exceeds an organization’s ability to pay. A deferred liability is a financial obligation that the organization recognizes it will have responsibility for, … (read the rest)

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241. Developing a Church Board Work Plan.

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

It is easy for a church board chairperson to fall into the habit of just working one meeting to the next. In other words you become merely the chair of a committee, maintaining the machinery of the committee but not … (read the rest)

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240. It’s My First Church Board Meeting as Chair….

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

After seven years a chair of our church board I am beginning to serve just as a board member. The new chairperson started this morning, demonstrating good leadership. However, this transition caused me to pause and reflect on what a … (read the rest)

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