Category Archives: Senior Pastor

206. Church Board Chairs and 2014

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Dr. Larry Perkins

My pastor has used Isaiah 9:6-7, the prophesy about the “Wonderful Counselor,” as the basis for his advent preaching this year. I had not connected this passage previously with governance matters, but as I was reading the text the phrases … (read the rest)

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205. Board Chairs and Board-Congregation Relations.

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Apart from the Annual General Meeting (AGM) when was the last time your church board had a significant conversation with the congregation about a serious issue that the board was discussing? My suspicion is that most church boards keep discussions … (read the rest)

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204. Church Board “Hardware” and “Software.”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dr. Larry Perkins

I was reviewing the “Group of Thirty” report entitled “A Call to Action on Bank Governance” (you can google these terms and access the report directly). While banks are not churches, it is useful to consider some of the principles … (read the rest)

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203. Church Boards and “Spiritual Loafing”

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dr. Larry Perkins

I encountered a phrase recently — “social loafing” — used in the context of corporate boards and it caught my attention. Essentially it refers to board members who gradually lose their motivation to contribute significantly to a board, but remain … (read the rest)

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202. Church Boards and Information Abuse

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In my church board experience getting good information at the right time always is a challenge. The ability of board members to make missionally-appropriate decisions depends upon the information they can access. When that information is not available or comes … (read the rest)

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