Category Archives: Senior Pastor

61. Role Description for a Church Board Chair — Research Request

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dr. Larry Perkins

I am doing research on how the role of a church board chair is being defined. If you are a board chair, lead pastor, or a board member and your board has such a role description, would you be willing … (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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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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48. Defining Terms: # 2 — Governance and How its Shared

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Decisions in a local church are often tricky things to manage. For instance, a group in the church may be urging the pastoral leadership to initiate a ministry to seniors. Who decides whether this should happen? How is that decision … (read the rest)

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43. The Church Board Chair and Pastor Relationship # 3 — The Unique Setting of the Small Church (less than 100 members).

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Publications such as Gary McIntosh’s “One Size Doesn’t Fit All” have helped us discern that the size of a church community affects, perhaps even determines, many aspects of its life. One of the more critical elements that is affected as … (read the rest)

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