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The Other Team: Tapping into the Potential of Boards and Committees
~16 Hours
When boards and committees are functioning at their very best, they can be a tremendous asset to the pastor and church. Unfortunately, they rarely do. In the course, The Other Team: Tapping into the Potential of Boards and Committees, you’ll learn skills such as setting a clear purpose for your board or committee, leading effective meetings, and managing conflict. By the end of the course, you’ll develop a practical plan for how you’ll interact with these vital teams.
2 instructors
About This Course
Virtually every church has some form of board and/or committees. Most states require any corporate entity, including churches, to have a legal governance structure. When boards and committees are functioning at their best, they can be a tremendous asset to the pastor and the church. However, boards and committees rarely function at their very best. With the right people on a board or committee and the right direction, they can become a powerful force for advancing the ministry of a church. Led by Mike Bonem, executive pastor, business leader, and author of five books on ministry leadership, this course will explore ways that you can partner more effectively and move your church’s boards and committees toward this ideal. Learn how to work effectively with the key leaders who serve on the church’s governance and administrative bodies.
This course counts towards the Business of Ministry Certificate.
Learning Outcomes
- Define different models for church governance and locate your church within these models
- Evaluate the effectiveness of your church’s current structure
- Develop a plan for how you will interact with the board and key committees
- Propose changes in your church’s structure
Created in partnership with the Church Leadership Institute, which is part of the De Pree Center, and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Ministry Admin Training
- Professional Training
Introduction
1. Getting Started
2. The Value and the Challenge of Lay Leadership Bodies
Why Do We Need Boards and Committees?
3. Biblical Principles for Leadership Teams
4. Practical Reasons for Shared Leadership
5. Many Names, Similar Functions
6. Your Church Is Unique
Three Common Challenges with Boards and Committees
7. “We Don’t Get Anything Done”
8. “Power Is Being Misused”
9. “We Have Too Many Committees”
Making the Most of Boards and Committees
10. Establish a Clear Purpose
11. Selecting Members of Boards/Committees
12. Leading Meetings
13. Relationships with Board and Committee Chairs
14. Conflict in Leadership Teams
Conclusion
15. Putting It All Together
16. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Mike Bonem
Executive Pastor, Business Leader, Author
Mike Bonem is a consultant, coach, author, speaker, husband, and father. He offers a unique mix of world-class consulting and executive leadership experience to help churches, ministries, and their leaders turn vision into results. Mike works with congregations, denominational bodies, and faith-based non-profits on vision discernment, strategy implementation, and organizational design. He also coaches ministry leaders, helping them grow their capacity. He has developed and taught seminars for the Willow Creek Association, The Purpose-Driven Church (Saddleback Church), Christian Leadership Alliance, and Leadership Network. Mike served over 10 years as an executive pastor. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company, and held executive leadership roles in two businesses. He is the author or co-author of five books on ministry leadership, including his most recent, The Art of Leading Change: Ten Perspectives on the Messiness of Ministry.
CLI
The Church Leadership Institute (CLI) is a consulting and coaching group, a laboratory of church leadership, and the “Harvard Business Review” of the church. While there are a number of good resources and consulting groups at work in the larger church today, the De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute brings four distinct aspects to this work: Convene: Through our alumni and partner organizations, we bring the diverse church together across denominational and cultural lines to address the largest questions and challenges for the widest possible learning. “We talk to people who don’t talk to each other.” Research: Nested in a graduate school, our resources and experiences are grounded and will continually be grounded in research. Ongoing research will enable us to continually learn and offer those learnings to the larger church. Reach: As a non-profit institution with a technology platform and international reach, we can raise money and serve churches that could never afford the expertise of consultant agencies and pour the money from our consulting services back into other congregations, thus strengthening the larger body of Christ Formation: As an institution of formational education, our experience and expertise is on the formation of the inner life, character, resilience, and wisdom necessary for leadership—both individuals and congregations as a whole.
