Category Archives: Board

21. Decision-making In Church Board Meetings #1: Working with Bias

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Church board members have significant investment — spiritually, emotionally, and eternally — in the decisions they make collectively as “the board.” From their wealth of experience, wisdom and expertise board members work hard to achieve good decisions that promote the … (read the rest)

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20. Lead Pastor as Church Board Chair — Good Idea??

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

A pastor recently indicated that he served as the chair of his church’s board of directors. This conversation raised again for me this question — is it a good idea for a lead pastor to chair the church board?

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19. Moving from passive to active Board Leadership19.

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Normally the primary responsibility of a church board is very focused — to ensure that the mission of the church is being accomplished. To engage this responsibility, however, the board must exercise active leadership and not maintain a passive role … (read the rest)

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18. Governing Your Church Into The Future

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In some of my recent reading about governance I have come across the claim that boards can “govern their institutions into the future.” While I have not seen this concept applied directly to a local church board, I think it … (read the rest)

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17. Do they trust you?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dr. Larry Perkins

When he first was appointed to his church board, Jack look forward to his new responsibilities. While he had never served in this capacity before, people in the congregation were very encouraging. But that was ten months ago. People now … (read the rest)

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