Tag Archives: leadership

19. Moving from passive to active Board Leadership19.

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Dr. Larry Perkins

Normally the primary responsibility of a church board is very focused — to ensure that the mission of the church is being accomplished. To engage this responsibility, however, the board must exercise active leadership and not maintain a passive role … (read the rest)

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18. Governing Your Church Into The Future

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dr. Larry Perkins

In some of my recent reading about governance I have come across the claim that boards can “govern their institutions into the future.” While I have not seen this concept applied directly to a local church board, I think it … (read the rest)

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17. Do they trust you?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dr. Larry Perkins

When he first was appointed to his church board, Jack look forward to his new responsibilities. While he had never served in this capacity before, people in the congregation were very encouraging. But that was ten months ago. People now … (read the rest)

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12. Carver, Governance, Policy and the Local Church Board: Board Chair and Lead Pastor Relationship

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins

The Carver Policy Governance model requires both the church board chair and the lead pastor to understand their respective roles clearly and be supportive of each other in those roles. This is especially important when a local church seeks to … (read the rest)

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9. Carver, Governance, Policy and Local Church Governance — Can the Pastor handle it?

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins

One of the key principles embedded in Policy Governance is that the board holds one person accountable for achieving the institutional ends — the Chief Executive Officer. For the CEO this is double-edged sword because on the one hand it … (read the rest)

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