Category Archives: Senior Pastor

78. Planning and Leading “Mighty Board Meetings.”

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Do board members in your congregation look forward to or dread church board meetings? Boring, disorganized, focusing on minor things, catering to one interest group, too long, too frequent, members unprepared, no agenda — the list of faults seems endless … (read the rest)

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77. What does it mean to “chair” a church board?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

So what does a chair of a board do? Seems like a simple question. Of course, through the last 76 articles I have been talking about this role and thinking with you about its many different aspects. But when you … (read the rest)

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76. The Board Chair and a Long-Term View of Governance.

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

While many who participate in church boards think that their role is to make sure the present congregational operations are sustained, in my view the more significant and critical work of a church board has to do with the future… (read the rest)

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75.“’Thinking Institutionally’ – the Mindset of a Board Chair”

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Hugo Heclo in a recent book entitled On Thinking Institutionally (published by Paradigm Publishers, 2008) challenges the current primary focus on the self as the sole determiner of value and meaning. He explains and argues for the value of “institutions” … (read the rest)

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74. The Chair, the Board, and Disgruntled Members.

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

A group within the church has managed to elect to the church board a person whose singular agenda is to be ‘watchdog’ for that group’s special interest, namely controlling the lead pastor. How will you as chair help the board … (read the rest)

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