Category Archives: Senior Pastor

282. Church Boards and Congregational Education.

When discussing church boards and education, the general tendency is to focus on the importance of church boards educating themselves about their roles and responsibilities — developing their competence and capacity to lead well. However, in this blog article I … (read the rest)

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281. Communication #2: An Essential for Effective Church Board Operations

In blog article #280 I introduced the issue of church board communications. I proposed that good communication internal to the board, internal between the board and the staff and congregation, and external between the board and individuals and groups outside (read the rest)

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280. Communication #1: An Essential for Effective Church Board Operations

The church board meets at its regular monthly session. An agenda, circulated a week in advance, has set out the work the board needs to do. At the meeting the board reaches decisions on several issues. The board members go … (read the rest)

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279. Ideas for Improving Church Board Meetings.

You may already know about these ideas and even be attempting to implement them. However, it is my experience that many board leaders long for fresh ideas to help them enhance church board operations. So here are five that might … (read the rest)

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278. Book Review: “Focusing Your Church Board Using the Carver Policy Governance Model,” by Ted Hull (Word Alive Press, 2015)

Ted Hull is the president of Ted Hull Consulting and an Associate Consultant with The Governance Coachâ„¢. He also has authored “A Guide To Governing Charities” (Word Alive Press, 2011). In this new book he outlines “the application of John … (read the rest)

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