Good advice for church boards
May 15th, 2013
I thought this was really good advice from John Finkelde of How to Grow a Healthy Church…
4 essentials for a church board meeting
Church boards are notorious for wasting time on minuscule operational matters.
Focus your board on essentials by including these agenda items in your board meetings at least 3 times a year.
1. Dashboard
A dashboard of your key stats which show membership, attendance, percentage of members in small groups & serving, baptisms & key financial trends.
2. Care of the Pastor
Boards should be asking their pastor, “how are you”? Use these 6 questions board members should ask their pastor as a guide.
3. Are we on track?
Look again at your core mission & convictions & have the discussion – are we on track?
4. Where do we want to be in 5 years?
Boards must leave the day to day operations to staff & key volunteers & focus on the future.