May 08, 2014

Antiquated church governance systems that hurt the mission of the church

A fundamental concept for any governance system (how you do leadership) is that the system should serve the mission. Unfortunately there are still many churches who are living with antiquated and ineffective governance systems that actually hurt the congregations ability to do what Jesus called them to do. In these cases the mission ends up serving the governance system - the opposite of what...
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Feb 17, 2014

9 principles for healthy governance in the church

We often don't realize how important it is have healthy governance systems in our churches. We inherit a system or are used to a system but often that system is not designed to help you do leadership well in the present day. What often worked at one phase of a church’s life does not work well in another. Remember, churches don’t simply grow – they change and unless our governance structures change...
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