Category Archives: Board Governance

226. Case Study #16. Leading Through Leadership Change — Church Boards and Succession

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

[For additional resources related to issues of leadership succession I would refer you to blog articles #70 and #180. Although the story in this case study may seem to resemble a real situation, the names, places and actual circumstances do … (read the rest)

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225. Do Church Boards Have the Governing Capacity Congregations Need?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

This will the third and final blog article building from ideas expressed by Dan Aleshire in his book about seminaries entitled Earthen Vessels. In his chapter “Making Theological Schools Work: Governing and Administering,” he comments:  “The importance of good board … (read the rest)

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224. Common Church Board Governance “Failures.”

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Because church boards are human entities I do not think it is possible to create and lead one that is “fail safe.” However, I think board chairs do have some responsibility in their leadership to help boards avoid some of … (read the rest)

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223. Governance — Making a Church “Work.”

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In this blog article I continue the discussion initiated in blog article #222 when I reflected on the question “what is the work of a church” and the implications of this question for governance. However, I move on in this … (read the rest)

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222. What is a Church Board “Governing”? Understanding the Work of a “Church.”

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Dr. Larry Perkins

We used to call them “sidewalk superintendents” — people wandering by a construction site and commenting on what the workers or project manager were doing right or wrong. The assumption of such people was that they knew the final plan … (read the rest)

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