4 Ways to Make an Agenda Work for You Consider which approach may work best for your meetings. Sarah E. Merkle
Why Taking Minutes Is a “Must” Four reasons to take thorough, accurate minutes at your meetings. Sarah E. Merkle
Why You Should Remove Certain Reports from Your Meeting Agenda And how to find which ones don't need to be presented. Sarah E. Merkle
Pastoral Succession Plans: Why Your Church Needs One Pastoral succession plans help minimize disruptions, provide uninterrupted leadership, protect the church's resources, and much, much more. Erika E. Cole
A Guide to 25-Minute Meetings for Church Leaders Planning a productive (and short) meeting in which everyone gets a voice. John Brandon
Q&A: Was It ‘Legal’ to Cast Lots Rather Than Vote for a New Deacon? Our church bylaws state that members of our board of deacons are to be elected Richard R. Hammar
Creating a Successful Succession Plan When planning for a ministry leader’s successor, the best time to start is now. Vonna Laue
Q&A: Is It Ever Okay to Break Our Church’s Bylaw Notification Requirement? What if a proposed bylaw change is adopted and impacts another provision in the bylaws? Richard R. Hammar
How to Ensure Effective Board Training Ideas for maximizing the work of your church board. Vonna Laue
How Healthy Is Your Leadership? Reviewing eight factors in your ministry and how they contribute to a healthy church. Vonna Laue
Understanding Risk Financing How churches must calculate potential losses—and ways to pay for them. Richard R. Hammar
5 Questions to Ask About Your Organizational Philosophies Regular examinations may make or break your ministry leadership. Vonna Laue
Q&A: Must We Keep Ballots From Board Elections? One of these documents possesses the answer for churches. Richard R. Hammar
Four Fiduciary Duties of Church Boards Officers and directors must provide careful financial oversight—or else face consequences. Richard R. Hammar
When Church Business Meetings Go Electronic What to do if phone and Internet tools are used for off-site participants. Richard R. Hammar