My 6 Board Training Modules:



MODULE ONE: RE-ENVISIONING THE CHURCH BOARD



This module is especially helpful for the church board and the pastor that have been recently questioning, or revisiting, it's role or purpose. The “re-envisioning the church board” module takes 3 steps:


Step 1: Each board member will be supplied with 28 questions for reflection. These questions were designed to help the board think through the role of the church board and its responsibilities. This series of questions is intended for the church board member to answer on his/her own, privately, at-home, etc.


Step 2: After each board member has completed their questionnaire they will gather together with the pastor to discuss, discover, and decide. Discuss what the exercise was like for them. Discover the insights they gained. Decide what changes or adjustments need to be made.


Step 3: The conference call. The conference call would then focus on 3 things:


1. I will help the board evaluate their conclusions.

2. I will help the board clarifying and get focused.

3. I will help the board develop a plan for implementation This plan of implementation might include:

a. Coming to agreement and getting people on board.

b. Developing a teaching focus that will explain and reinforce any changes,adjustments, or simply educate the congregation concerning the role of the church board.

c. If necessary, how to implent any changes to the church.


$70.00





Moduel Two: The Purpose Of The Church Board



With the “purpose of the church board” module, I will train your team in 4 areas:


1. The 5 guiding principles from which all healthy, happy, and effective church boards work off of.


2. The 6 ways a church board helps their pastor.


3. Making the major decisions: the 4 D's

a) dollars

b) direction

c) discipline

d) diagnosis


4. Developing a church board performance review. Note: this is not a performance review for the pastor, but a performance review for the board itself, i.e. how well arewe performing our duties as a church board?


$70.00





Module Three: Spending Priorities And The Pastor's Pay Package



There is not always agreement concerning how a church spends its money. Where should the money go? How will we divide up the income pie? The “spending priorities and pastors pay package” module will cover:


1. The 3 priorities for spending.

a) Basic operating expenses

b) The pastor

c) Ministries requiring money


2. Determining the pastors pay package.


3. How to navigate financially difficult times.

a) When to cut what.

b) When and how to announce to the congregation that the church is struggling financially.

c) What are our options for addressing our financial problems?


$70.00





Module Four: Develping a Pastor's Job/Ministry Review



More and more pastors are welcoming an annual review of their role as pastor. More and more church boards are also recognizing how helpful such a review can be. The problem, however, with “jobs/ministry reviews” is that typically church boards don't know how to best review their pastors performance and soon discover that the models out there for “secular job reviews” are not helpful and do not exactly fit the unique role and responsibilities of a pastor. My “developing a pastor's job forward/ministry review” module takes 3 steps:


Step 1. Each board member will be supplied with a list of questions for reflection. These questions were designed to help the board think through the criteria they will use in evaluating their pastor. This series of questions is intended for the church board member to answer on his/her own, privately, at-home, etc. The board member will also be supplied with a list from the pastor suggesting the criteria by which the pastor feels he/she should be evaluated.


Step 2. After each board member has completed their questionnaire they will gather together with the pastor to discuss, discover, and decide. Discuss what the exercise was like for them. Discover the insights they gained. Decide what criteria they will use, and the best way to implement a review.


Step 3. The conference call. The conference call would focus on:

a) I will give a brief training on the Why, What, When, and How of a review.

b) I will help the board evaluate their conclusions.

c) I will help the board discover the best way to implement a review that will ensure the experience will be positive, helpfu, and empowering to the pastor.


$70.00





Module Five: Giving The Pastor Authority, Accountability, and Input



My experience has been that pastors either have too much, or too little, power or authority to lead and make decisions in their churches. Either extreme typically results in frustration and problems for the pastor and the church board. In my “giving the pastor authority, accountability, and input” module we will learn:


1. The balance of freedom with boundaries.

2. Accountability: how much and for what?

3. Input: how to give healthy and helpful feedback.

4. What should a board due when the pastor crosses the line?

a) Where's the line?

b) Matthew 18

c) Seeking outside help


$70.00





Module Six: Mix And Match



They say that one size doesn't fit all. It's possible that one of my 5 modules relates in some ways to your needs but not completely. I've designed my “mix and match” module to enable you to choose and pick certain topics from certain modules and makeup your own module best fitted for your current, unique needs. After having purchased your “mix-and-match” module I will contact you by e-mail and have you send me your suggestion for a custom-built conference call training. After determining that your topics for training will comfortably fit within a one hour conference call i wil get back to you and we can proceed.


$70.00