Category Archives: Board Chair

238. Addressing Dissent and Building Consensus in Church Boards (Article 3)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

This is the third in a series of articles addressing the causes of dissent within a church board and possible ways to remove it and develop consensus. In this blog article we consider three additional factors generating dissent — strategy … (read the rest)

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237. Addressing Dissent and Building Consensus in Church Boards (Article 2)

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In article #236 I introduced the challenge that dissent within a church board presents to a board chair. Based on analysis proposed by the Brown Governance Letter of August 2014 I enumerated several causes for dissent. The premise is that … (read the rest)

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236. Ways for Church Board Chairs to Addresss Dissent and Build Consensus (Article 1)

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Building consensus forms a great challenge for church board chairs. This issue is not unique to church boards, but affects all boards. In the August 2014 Brown Governance Letter the author analyzes various causes of dissent in the board room … (read the rest)

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235. Church Boards Who ‘Drink the Kool Aid’

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Most of us recall the unfortunate, terrible tragedy of Jonestown (1978). Members of the People’s Temple committed suicide by drinking flavoured water laced with cyanide. “Drinking the kool-aid” (‘kool-aid’ is a name for flavoured drinks) in the United States has … (read the rest)

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234. The Church Board as Coach and Sparring Partner for the Lead Pastor.

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

The relationship between a church board and lead pastor always has challenges. For one thing, usually the lead pastor as an elder is a member of the board, but he is also accountable to that board. And so church board … (read the rest)

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