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Church Leadership And Infrastructure Development

Church Discipline Policy

Guidelines For Correcting Inappropriate Behavior In The Church

Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish and communicate the guidelines for correcting inappropriate church member behavior at YOUR CHURCH. Scope This document contains YOUR CHURCH's policy for corrective action and restoration of a church member(s) who has behaved inappropriately and the church leadership deems it necessary to take action. The policy outlines the reasons for, purpose of, and process for … [Read more...]

Strategic Planning

A Step By Step Outline Of A Pretty Good Strategic Planning Process

Developing a “plan and execute” culture in the local church is critical to success! Here’s a “step by step” description of the process of developing a strategic plan. This can be done in a fairly short time and without much difficulty and cost. Check this out and give it a try! Flowchart Stakeholder Needs Using numerous data sources (internal opinion surveys, external demographic studies, performance metrics, … [Read more...]

The Performance Cycle

Helping An Organization Leverage The Knowledge And Expertise Of Its Best Leaders

It's all about scalability. How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around and good leaders are extremely difficult to find. So ... building a world class organization depends on the leader's ability to develop good systems, processes, and methods and to make them known (easy to access, learn about, use, and change as needed) to the entire … [Read more...]

Infrastructure And Church Management Software

Exploring The Importance Of Good Data In Disciple-Making

The longer I'm in ministry leadership, the more I appreciate the value of great Church Management Software (CMS) as a tool for developing strong infrastructure. Our internal timeline for monthly reporting is the completion of the previous month’s KPMs (Key Performance Measures) by the 2nd Wednesday of the month and completion of the Leadership Team Monthly Report by the 2nd Friday of the month. Right after the … [Read more...]