The Church Development Commission, the Regional Ministry Centre, Northwest Baptist Seminary, the Baptist Housing Ministry and the Northwest Centre for Leadership Development sponsor "Best Practices for Church Boards".
...BASIC EDITION
...PERSONAL EDITION
...ADVANCED EDITION
These workshops will encourage your church to make church board leadership a core, spiritual ministry experience.
BEST PRACTICES FOR CHURCH BOARDS
BASIC EDITION
...The Spiritual Ministry of Board Governance...
This workshop will make church board leadership a core, spiritual ministry experience
Vancouver Island One-Day Workshop
LOCATION: Central Baptist Church, Victoria, BC
REGISTRATION FOR EITHER EVENT: Click Here...
- PRINT OUT THE FORM AND EITHER MAIL/FAX IT TO NORTHWEST BAPTIST SEMINARY
- Your Registration will be secured upon the receipt of payment.
The focus of the Best Practices for Church Boards: Basic Edition workshop is on three elements: giving clarity as to the function of a church board; offering practical ideas about ways to help a church board to function effectively; providing an opportunity to spend concentrated time on seeking solutions to key issues critical to the continued health and development of your church and its governing board. All of this is done with the assistance of a facilitator.
There will be two plenary sessions to present the key principles that guide the practice of board governance. NOTE: New updated material will be presented to help congregations deal with current issues and concerns. Church Boards who have attended previous Basic Edition workshops will find this a wonderful opportunity to orient new Board members, refresh their understanding of governance practice, and address new issues facing church governance together!
What Church Leaders have to say about the Best Practices for Church Boards: Basic Edition:
“We have certainly benefited from the worship… At the first board meeting after the workshop we spent fifteen to twenty minutes in prayer at the start of the session and it made a world of difference… We found things just came together and all were in agreement that it made sense… Subsequent meetings have also given us opportunity to put what we learned to the test…” Emmanuel Fellowship Baptist Church, Vernon
“We have just had our second Church Board Meeting since attending the Best Practices Workshop… I want to thank you personally for the huge impact that this has already had on our Board. We had a 43 page package to consider and we were finished in 1.25 hours and then had 1.5 hours to talk about the important issues that we usually never got around to discussing… All of a sudden our Board is interested in planning and vision! What a blessing!... Thank you, thank you, thank you…” Central Baptist Church, Victoria
The workshops begin at 9am sharp and conclude by 4:30pm. Lunch is provided along with two beverage breaks.
Each participant receives a binder of materials covering the essential ideas taught in the plenary sessions, the results of a survey completed by your church board and senior pastor, and other resources that are pertinent to the issue you want to discuss.
The cost for a church board and senior pastor to be registered for the workshop is $375. Please note that your registration is not official until we receive the funds for registration. Also, there will be no refund if your church board must withdraw within two weeks of the workshop. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Lyle Schrag.
As you consider attending, please note the following registration benchmarks:
- the entire church board (as many as possible) must agree to be involved;
- the senior pastor must agree to be involved
[if either of the above benchmarks prove to be problematic, please don’t hesitate to contact the workshop organizers, the Northwest Centre for Leadership Development, to discuss arrangements.]
- others – former board members, or future board members – are encouraged to participate as well;
- all participants from your church must complete an online survey that will be available via email during the month of February, 2007;
- you will need to provide us with the names, addresses and email addresses of your board members and senior pastor.
If you have any questions or concerns about the benchmarks, please don’t hestitate to contact Dr. Lyle Schrag (lyle.schrag@twu.ca) WE WANT YOU TO COME! If you have questions, please contact Dr. Lyle Schrag (604-888-7592). We look forward to your early response.
BEST PRACTICES FOR CHURCH BOARDS
PERSONAL EDITION
...Best Practices for New Church Board Members...
The next one to be announced