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Nearly all churches are governed by a legal body. The board of directors is the official body that has final accountability for the church and its ministry, and makes ultimate decisions about ministry priorities.

In this download, you'll find forms that include job descriptions for board officers, and orientations documents for new board members, including a statement of expectations. A sample agenda is provided, along with minutes of the meeting that followed the agenda. This tool also includes helpful ways to organize board committees, conflict-of-interest policies, and ways to organize the annual board retreat.

This Resource contains all of the following:

Board Basics

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Board Member Job Description

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Board Officer Job Description: Chair

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Board Officer Job Description: Secretary

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Board Officer Job Description: Treasurer

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Board Member Expectations

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Board Member Orientation

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Board Meeting Agenda (Annotated)

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Board Meeting Minutes

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Board Meeting Roles

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Board Committees

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Board Pastoral Relations Committee

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Conflict of Interest Policy

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Annual Board Retreat Plan

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Board Strategic Planning

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Topics:	Administration, Church board, Church staff, Management, Policies
Filters:	Business administrator, Church board, Management
References:	Acts 1:23-26
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Noko %%var.lastname%%

June 07, 2013 4:20am

These are great works accomplished, they are very helpful in putting the work of the Lord in order. I'm putting these in great practice for the advancement of the ministry the Lord has afforded me with. Thank you very much. Keep the good work up. Regards, Lerato (Pastor)

Thabo Nathaniel Sishange

September 12, 2011 7:38am

thanks very much it sound more intresting i wish have this book for the church the name of the church is United Apostolic Church of Christ in South Africa