Policy Making Objectives
The first question we might ask about policy making in the church is “why?” — Why should a church need to make policies? We could respond that . . . Continue reading Policy Making Objectives
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Applying Biblical Truth about Church Leadership to Actual Leading
The first question we might ask about policy making in the church is “why?” — Why should a church need to make policies? We could respond that . . . Continue reading Policy Making Objectives
Since God’s Word compares the Church to the human body (1 Cor. 12), consider this: The human body is designed to function a certain way and has systems within it to help it do that. If there’s a blockage or some sort of problem, the body will shut down or try to compensate for it in ways for which it was not intended, thus becoming unhealthy or dysfunctional. Similarly, God designed the Church to . . . Continue reading Policy Making Parameters
The Great Commission provides the big picture that should be behind policies. The Great Commission begins, “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me'” (Matt. 28:18) . . . Continue reading Policy Making & the Big Picture
Some Christians will struggle with the idea of making policies in the Church. One of the reasons for such an aversion to policy making is that we are free in Christ. And, I would have to agree that there is a problem with policy making if the policies . . . Continue reading Policy Making & Freedom in Christ
Christ-like leaders are full of integrity. They do not try to cover over or deceive others, saying one thing and meaning another. . . . Policy-making is one of those areas in which it could be easy for a leader to have hidden agendas. Continue reading Policies with No Hidden Agendas
. . . Christ-like leaders exercise both grace and truth, even when it comes to policy-making.
Churches that are all about grace tend to be churches with . . . Continue reading Policies Reflecting Both Grace & Truth
What do you hope to hand on to the next generation to help them be the Church? What is it that you really want them to know? Will you have more than a policy manual to give them? . . . Continue reading Church Policies & the Next Generation
Policies can take on a life of their own. Soon we can start relying on and deferring to church polity over God and His power. But, it is God’s power than enables us to be the Church, not our policies. . . . Continue reading Don’t Let Policies Take on a Life of Their Own
God exhorts us to conduct ourselves “in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ” (Phil. 1:27), to defend and confirm the gospel (Phil. 1:7), and to live in accordance with “sound doctrine that conforms to the gospel” (1 Tim. 1:10-11). The whole of our lives should be shaped by the Gospel. For churches, that even includes policies and policy-making. . . . Continue reading Policies Shaped by the Gospel
Church policies shaped by the Gospel will reflect the Gospel, exhibiting the power of God, not legalism or bureaucracy that holds us back and boxes us in. We need a consistency between the message we proclaim and the policies we propose. Why should people believe the Gospel is the power of God (Rom. 1:16) if it makes little difference in the way we function? . . . Continue reading Policies Reflecting the Gospel