Category Archives: Board Governance

53. Boardmanship in the Small Church — a true test of Spiritual Leadership

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Recently I led a series of workshops with the board of a small church. The church has considerable history and its own wonderful facility.  The people are good, godly leaders, desiring to make an impact for God in their community. … (read the rest)

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52. Insights on Chairing — Video Interview with Larry Nelson

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

I am pleased to introduce Larry Nelson to you. Larry has served on many, different non-profit charity boards in Canada, including church, higher education, denominational, parachurch, and school. His background in accounting and business and his role as executive director … (read the rest)

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51. What Makes a Church Board Effective: # 2 Continual Learning

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Effective church boards keep challenging their boardmanship, i.e. they intentionally educate themselves about their organization, their role within the organization, and their performance in that role. When was the last time in your church board experience that your board took … (read the rest)

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50. What Makes a Church Board Effective? # 1. Contextual Understanding

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

As a board chair you desire the church board you serve to excel in its leadership of spiritually-focused governance. After all you did not accept this role in God’s Kingdom to endure or mandate mediocrity. You may have served in … (read the rest)

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49. Defining terms #3: Governance — Acts of Compliance or Acts that Innovate?

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Governance can function in a compliant or an innovative mode. By compliance I mean that a church board does the expected business of monitoring key indicators of institutional stability (e.g. finances, report from the lead pastor, policy review, etc.) and … (read the rest)

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