Category Archives: Board Governance

90. Book Review # 7: “Leading Leaders. Empowering Church Boards for Ministry Excellence” by Aubrey Malphurs.

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Leading Leaders is the third book  in the trilogy on church leadership produced by Aubrey Malphurs (published by Baker Books in 2005), professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. He claims in his introduction that “Leading Leaders presents a new paradigm … (read the rest)

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89. Principles for Selecting a Model of Board Governance (#3): The Issue of Values.

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

A second significant question that a church board chair asks when it comes to evaluating board governance models is which model is most compatible with the congregation’s values (which should be the same as those of the church board). The … (read the rest)

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88. Principles for Selecting a Model of Church Board Governance (#2): Advancing the Mission

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

The first question a church board chair may want to consider in discerning a model of Church Board Governance would be: what does your church board’s governance need to achieve in order for the mission of the church to advance? … (read the rest)

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87. Principles for Choosing a Model of Church Board Governance (#1)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

When church board members asked you to serve as their chair and facilitator, you stepped into an existing model of church board governance. It may not have very clear definition and the board members individually may have only a modest … (read the rest)

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86. “Indifference” — an Important Attitude Within a Church Board and Chair

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Charles Olsen in his chapter on discernment (Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders, pages 95-97) offers the outline of a process that will enable a church board to engage “the practice of faithful listening.” As part of … (read the rest)

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