{"id":7401,"date":"2011-06-19T19:29:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T23:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/news_blogs\/john\/?p=7401"},"modified":"2014-07-30T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T20:02:31","slug":"serving-as-a-board-member-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/06\/19\/serving-as-a-board-member-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving as a Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I believe that the special characteristics of church boards<\/strong>\u00a0virtually guarantee they will be the boards with the most problems. And it seems you agree. The most frequent search term that brings people to my blog, sad to say,\u00a0is\u00a0some variant of “dysfunctional church board.” Yes, it is true.\u00a0\u00a0The single most viewed\u00a0post I’ve written\u00a0is The unique challenges of church boards<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

For those interested in the top three search terms, the second most frequent is something like “private life\u00a0christian leader” which takes them to The private life of a Christian leader<\/a><\/em>. And the third most frequent search term is\u00a0usually worded as “how do\u00a0i\u00a0discern if i am called to ministry,” which brings people to my post Discerning your call<\/a><\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you have a dysfunctional church board, there is hope. I gave a number of suggestions in that post, but now I have a new one. Last year I delivered the CCCC’s\u00a0Serving as a Board Member <\/em>seminar in 14 cities across Canada, and then in November CCCC recorded it before\u00a0a live audience in a television studio. After that, my part was over and\u00a0while I was on sabbatical the CCCC staff took over the project to see it through to completion.\u00a0Now that I’m back in the office, I have watched the finished product, and I have to say I’m very pleased with it.\u00a0Serving as a Board Member <\/em>is available as a 2-DVD<\/strong> set <\/a>with a link to download and make as many participant workbooks\u00a0as you need. In a few weeks of sales CCCC has already sold 40% more than we budgeted for this DVD for the whole year. One denominational district office watched one copy and then bought 40 more copies to give to their churches! I hope and pray each church board is richly blessed by it. The\u00a0seminar\u00a0is\u00a0very practical and deals with the issues head-on.\u00a0It follows the lifecycle of a board member from the first approach to be a board candidate through to the final board meeting.\u00a0It has\u00a08 modules:<\/p>\n