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206. Church Board Chairs and 2014
My pastor has used Isaiah 9:6-7, the prophesy about the “Wonderful Counselor,” as the basis for his advent preaching this year. I had not connected this passage previously with governance matters, but as I was reading the text the phrases … (read the rest)
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Tagged church board chairs and 2014, Isaiah 9.5-7 and church board governance
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205. Board Chairs and Board-Congregation Relations.
Apart from the Annual General Meeting (AGM) when was the last time your church board had a significant conversation with the congregation about a serious issue that the board was discussing? My suspicion is that most church boards keep discussions … (read the rest)
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Tagged church board and congregational relations
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203. Church Boards and “Spiritual Loafing”
I encountered a phrase recently — “social loafing” — used in the context of corporate boards and it caught my attention. Essentially it refers to board members who gradually lose their motivation to contribute significantly to a board, but remain … (read the rest)
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Tagged "social loafing", "spiritual loafing"
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202. Church Boards and Information Abuse
In my church board experience getting good information at the right time always is a challenge. The ability of board members to make missionally-appropriate decisions depends upon the information they can access. When that information is not available or comes … (read the rest)
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Tagged boards, information abuse, information and decision-making
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201. Chairperson — Thought Leader, Catalyst, Motivator
Does a church board have responsibility to ensure that innovative thought-leadership is alive and well within the congregation? And if so, who is responsible for thought-leadership within a church board? Is it the lead pastor, the chairperson, individual board … (read the rest)
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