Cultivating a Spirit of Excellence
in Church Governance
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that serveth... Luke 22:27
Cultivating A Spirit of Excellence
In Your Ministry Governance
Is your ministry cultivating, creating a culture of excellence and building the kingdom?
A simple question can yield very different answers, depending on who you are serving. If your loyalty is to your pastor, or ministry, then it is a matter of what; "why does the government wants to stop our pastor or ministry from doing more"? If it is for the glory of God, then church governance means; public disclosure and openness, being ready to give an account to every man why or how we serve God, by serving people!
The fact is governance means different things to different people. However, there are some facets of governance that transcends a ministry or churches work from all other nonprofit's work. No matter what their size, mission or sector of governance in the work, ultimately serving others should cultivates a spirit of service excellence (not us but the God or Christ) in us. This include developing strategies that measure "How" we do what we do; Setting goals to determine "What" we seek to accomplish; Monitoring progress to insure "When" the job is getting done, "Where", whether in your local community or across the world; and "Why" are we doing what we do?
