Church Administration

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The Emotional Climate Beneath Church Decisions

Church Administration, Discernment / By

You are new enough to the board that you still bring the whole packet printed and clipped together. You have read the reports twice. You marked one sentence in the financial update because it seemed more careful than clear. You circled a phrase in the outreach committee’s proposal because the partnership sounds promising, but the […]

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Why Congregational Polity Struggles with Boundaries

Church Administration, Church Governance, Discernment / By

When I was serving in judicatory leadership, I began to notice something about boundary awareness training. The curriculum focused heavily on sexual ethics. That emphasis made sense. It emerged from real harm, real investigations, and the recognition that abuse had to be addressed directly. Yet over time, it became clear that many other ethical boundaries

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