Category Archives: Board Governance

64. What if the ‘Lead Pastor’ Does not Want to Lead?

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Perspectives about pastoral leadership vary considerably. Some consider it primarily a teaching/counseling role, or a chaplaincy function, or an evangelistic vocation. Organizational leadership, leadership development, oversight of ministry leaders may or may not be accepted as a significant or central … (read the rest)

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63. ‘Conversion Work’ — How does a Church Board Chair facilitate change?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

All work that a church board engages in is in essence ‘conversion work,’ i.e. the effective management of missional change. The word ‘conversion’ normally is applied to personal spiritual change that brings a person into the Kingdom of God. However, … (read the rest)

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62. Hearing and Dealing with Hard News — a Board Chair’s Most Challenging Hour.

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Resignation of lead pastor, moral failure of a significant church member, financial mismanagement or fraud, accident in which people associated with the church are injured or killed, facility failure, church split — the possibilities for hard news within a congregational … (read the rest)

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60. What is a “Policy” and Why is it a useful tool for a Board Chair?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Church board chairs hear a lot about policy and governance by policy today. I have in previous blogs sought to define the concept of governance. But in this blog I give attention to the concept of “policy.”  What is a … (read the rest)

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59. Policy, Governance and Biblical Principles

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Phillip Jenkins has defined boards as “the well-intentioned in full pursuit of the irrelevant.” While this is a rather pessimistic and cynical evaluation, church boards often fall into this mode of operation. Church boards tend to operate by functioning as
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