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131. The Impact of Debt Upon the Ability of Church Boards to Lead.
The church at which I serve as a board member and chair recently celebrated the first anniversary of ministry in a new multi-storey campus. Our congregation is fifteen years old and the building project took about ten years from conception … (read the rest)
Posted in Board, Board Chair, Board Governance, Board Member, Senior Pastor
Tagged financial debt and church board governance
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130. How do Church Boards and Pastoral Leaders Really Think and Interact?
I keep a fairly close eye on the search tags that people google, leading them to the churchboardchair.ca website. A good proportion of them reflect challenges that boards and board chairs have in working with pastoral leaders. I am sure … (read the rest)
Posted in Board, Board Chair, Board Governance, Board Member, Senior Pastor
Tagged board contentiousness, board dysfunctions, remedies for board dysfunctions
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129: Developing Productive Church Board Culture — a “People” Project
What is it about non-profit boards and church boards in particular that make them so challenging to lead? Why is it that developing an effective church board seems to be so difficult? I think the essential reason is quite simple … (read the rest)
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Tagged developing church board culture, developing church board members
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128. Case Study # 9: “Culture Wars” in the Church Board.
[Although the story in this case study may seem to resemble a real situation, the names, places and actual circumstances do not describe any actual church, church board, pastor or chairperson.]
Dover Community Church (DCC) was approaching its fortieth anniversary. … (read the rest)
Posted in Board, Board Chair, Board Governance, Board Member, Case Study
Tagged church board culture dynamics, church board culture renewal
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127. Values, Board Culture and Good Governance.
The Group of 30 recently published a major report entitled “Toward Effective Governance of Financial Institutions.” The Group of 30 is “a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia.” Their … (read the rest)
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Tagged church board culture, church board culture and values
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