List of all archived articles.
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112. Case Study #6: Tradition — The Game of Who Remembers and Who Cares.
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111. What a Church Board Chair needs to Care About When a Building Program is on the Agenda.
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110. Case Study #5: Whose in Charge? Negotiating the Sudden Inspiration.
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109. The Chairperson’s Ability/Responsibility to Discern and Avoid “Bad Strategy.”
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108. Bylaw Review — Tedious But Essential.
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107. Case Study #4: The Case of the Unrecorded Minute — A Chair’s Nightmare.
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106. A Church Board Building Cycle — Guidance for the Chair
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105. Case Study #3: Downloading to the Next Generation
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104. Does the Lead Pastor have to be the Preaching Pastor?
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103. Case Study #2: Fixing Leaks: The Significance of Confidentiality for an Effective Church Board
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102. Church Board Chairs and Church Finances
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101. Case Study #1: Decision Time
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100. Sacrifice as a Spiritual Discipline for Boards
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99. Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence: Capacity for Board Leadership
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98. The Church Board Chair and the Interim/Transitional Pastor — Charting New Territory
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97. Innovation as a Spiritual Discipline for Boards
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96. The Church Board Chair and Lead Pastor Relationship # 4: A Recent Publication
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95. Collaboration as a Spiritual Discipline for the Board
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94. Assessment as a Spiritual Discipline for Boards
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93. Book Review # 8: “The Chairperson’s Role as Servant-Leader to the Board,” by John Carver (CarverGuide; Jossey-Bass, 1997).
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92. Principles for Selecting a Model of Church Board Governance (#5): Education, Decision and Implementation.
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# 91. Principles for Selecting a Model of Church Board Governance (#4): Operational Considerations
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90. Book Review # 7: “Leading Leaders. Empowering Church Boards for Ministry Excellence” by Aubrey Malphurs.
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89. Principles for Selecting a Model of Board Governance (#3): The Issue of Values.
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88. Principles for Selecting a Model of Church Board Governance (#2): Advancing the Mission
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87. Principles for Choosing a Model of Church Board Governance (#1)
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86. “Indifference” — an Important Attitude Within a Church Board and Chair
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85. Book Review # 6: “Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders” by Charles Olsen (Alban Institute, 2001).
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84. The Challenge of “Friendship” for a Church Board Chair
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83. “Respect” — The Golden Rule in Church Board Relationships
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82. “Best Practices” Are No Guarantee of Good Board Stewardship.
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81. A Church Board Code of Ethics — An Important Tool in the Chair’s Toolkit
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80. Book Review # 5: “The Board Chair Handbook” (Second Edition) by Mindy Wertheimer, BoardSource, 2008
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79. Helping a Church Board Organize Itself.
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78. Planning and Leading “Mighty Board Meetings.”
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77. What does it mean to “chair” a church board?
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76. The Board Chair and a Long-Term View of Governance.
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75.“’Thinking Institutionally’ – the Mindset of a Board Chair”
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74. The Chair, the Board, and Disgruntled Members.
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73. The Chair — the “Voice” of a Church Board.
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72. Helping a Church Board Evaluate Ministry Proposals .
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71. How long do you have and how far can you go? Setting Realistic Goals as Church Board Chair
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70. Planning for Succession as Church Board Chair
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69. When a New Lead Pastor Is Appointed — the Implications for a Church Board Chair.
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68. When a Lead Pastor Resigns — the Implications for a Church Board Chair.
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67. The Challenges of “Visioning”: Church Board Chairs Beware.
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66. The Church Board Chair and the Operations of a Charity
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65. The Church Board Chair and the Annual General Meeting.
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64. What if the ‘Lead Pastor’ Does not Want to Lead?
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63. ‘Conversion Work’ — How does a Church Board Chair facilitate change?
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62. Hearing and Dealing with Hard News — a Board Chair’s Most Challenging Hour.
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61. Role Description for a Church Board Chair — Research Request
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60. What is a “Policy” and Why is it a useful tool for a Board Chair?
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59. Policy, Governance and Biblical Principles
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58. What Makes a Church Board Effective? #6 Commitment to Strategic Priorities
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57. What Makes a Church Board Effective? #5 Respect for the People
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56. What Makes a Church Board Effective? #4 A Spirit-Informed Discernment
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55. What Makes a Church Board Effective? #3 Cultivating the Board’s Collective Welfare
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54: Review Article #4. Dan Hotchkiss, Governance and Ministry. Rethinking Board Leadership
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53. Boardmanship in the Small Church — a true test of Spiritual Leadership
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52. Insights on Chairing — Video Interview with Larry Nelson
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51. What Makes a Church Board Effective: # 2 Continual Learning
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50. What Makes a Church Board Effective? # 1. Contextual Understanding
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49. Defining terms #3: Governance — Acts of Compliance or Acts that Innovate?
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48. Defining Terms: # 2 — Governance and How its Shared
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47. Defining Terms: # 1- Governance and the Role of the Church Board Chair
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46. Decision-making in Church Boards. #4: Innovation, Decisions and the Role of the Chair.
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45. Decision-making in Church Board Meetings. #3: Implementation, Accountability and the Role of the Chair.
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44. Decision-Making in Church Board Meetings #2: The Chair’s Role
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43. The Church Board Chair and Pastor Relationship # 3 — The Unique Setting of the Small Church (less than 100 members).
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42. Review Article # 3: Les Stahlke. Church Governance Matters
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41. Church Board Chairs and The Relationship with the Lead Pastor #2
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40. ‘Black Swans’ in the Church Board Room
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39. A Church Board Chair’s Check List for a New Ministry Year
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38. Board Dynamics and Cultural Diversity: Part III. Power Distance and Board Leadership
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37. Board Diversity and Cultural Diversity: Part II: Perceptions of Time and Organization
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36. Review Article # 2: T.J.Addington, High Impact Church Boards (2006).
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35. Board Dynamics and Cultural Diversity: Part I: “High Context”…”Low Context”
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34. Review Article # 1 – Michael Anthony: The Effective Church Board (1993)
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33. Evaluating A Church Board Member
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32. The Transition into the role of Church Board Chair
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31. Measuring a Church Board’s Productivity
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30. How do you know when your church board is under-performing?
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29. Factors Influencing The Development of the Church Board Chair’s Role
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28. A Theology for the Role of Church Board Chair
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27. Church Board Chairs and Lead Pastors — Understanding this Relationship
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26. The Chair and New Board Member Orientation
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25. Church Board Chair — Pastoral Advocate
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24. Church Board Covenant — Guiding Principles for Board Engagement
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23. “Risk” Wisdom — A Key Competence for a Church Board Chair
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22. Holding a Church Board Accountable — A Challenging Task for Any Chair
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21. Decision-making In Church Board Meetings #1: Working with Bias
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20. Lead Pastor as Church Board Chair — Good Idea??
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19. Moving from passive to active Board Leadership19.
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18. Governing Your Church Into The Future
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17. Do they trust you?
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16. Developing a Church Board’s Culture
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15. Church Board as Ministry Team
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14. Church — Organism or Organization — or System?
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13. Carver, Governance and Policy: Can the Congregation Handle It?
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12. Carver, Governance, Policy and the Local Church Board: Board Chair and Lead Pastor Relationship
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11. Carver, Governance, Policy and Local Church Governance: Can the Board Handle it?
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10. Carver, Governance, Policy and Local Church Governance — Can the Board Chair Handle it?
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9. Carver, Governance, Policy and Local Church Governance — Can the Pastor handle it?
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8. Carver, Governance, Policy and Local Church Governance – Are they Compatible?
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7. The Significance of Attitude
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6. Productive Behaviour
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5. The Challenge of Sustainability
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4. Relationships are Everything
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3. The Spiritual Ministry of the Chairperson
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2. Transparency: A necessity for healthy church board operations
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1. The Delicate Dance of Congregational Government
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