Category Archives: Board Governance

115. Additional Thoughts on Carver’s Ideas and Church Board Leadership

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Recently I have had several conversations with leaders whose church boards adopted Carver’s  model of “Policy Governance“  more than five years ago. The main point they shared was that while the model was useful, it was difficult to … (read the rest)

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114. Book Review # 9: “Sticky Teams” by Larry Osborne (Zondervans, 2010)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Larry Osborne. Sticky Teams. Keeping your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervans, 2010. 222 pages.

Larry Osborne serves as lead pastor at North Coast Church, San Diego (associated with the Evangelical Free Church … (read the rest)

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113. Chairing a Church Board in a Context of Theological Diversity

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Fostering and sustaining unity (not uniformity) among church board members requires continual care and attention. Not surprisingly theological diversity, i.e. differing opinions about the interpretation and application of biblical texts or the relative importance of specific beliefs, often becomes a … (read the rest)

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112. Case Study #6: Tradition — The Game of Who Remembers and Who Cares.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

[In all case studies the names and incidents are fictional and have no connection with any specific persons, board or congregation.]

Jake had served on the board of First Baptist Church for twenty years. Even though he was 67 years … (read the rest)

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111. What a Church Board Chair needs to Care About When a Building Program is on the Agenda.

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Dr. Larry Perkins

The congregation on whose board I serve as chairperson recently completed a $4.7 million dollar building project. The congregation has grown over thirteen years and the vision for a building has taken ten of those years to achieve fruition – … (read the rest)

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