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This week, my wife, Marty, and I had the honor of attending a church planter's retreat sponsored by the Converge Northwest District and held at the beautiful Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center on the rugged Pacific coast in northern Oregon. Read on to discover just a small amount of what was seen and heard at that relaxed gathering. Maybe you and your church can learn from my observations.
There are four important principles that should be used in developing or revising any of your church guiding documents. When we talk about guiding documents for the church, we are referring to such documents as articles of incorporation, by-laws, policies, job descriptions, etc. Follow the principles below and you will improve your ministry effectiveness and relevance, plus you may reduce the number of organizational headaches that go with leading a church. Read on to discover what these four principles are.
What changes are needed in your current church by-laws because of what we have learned during the last year and a half of the Covid-19 pandemic? The following blog contains some suggestions for you to consider.
One of your top essential guiding documents is the church by-laws. You know, that business-like, long document that you have in some file somewhere? The reality is few people in your church have ever looked up something in it or been guided by it in their ministry. But why is it so important if you seldom use it? And why do you need to take a look at it now? Here are some answers for you to consider.