As voluntary associations, dependent upon voluntary contributions of resources, churches need to weight the opinions of members in their decision-making, based upon members’ demonstrated commitment to the congregation in one or more of the resource areas.

Community ministers benefit by having a place that supports them spiritually and provides social connections. The congregation gains by its connection with a minister who has insights beyond the congregation's walls.

membership coordinator, and she focused much of her energy on integrating new and not-so-new members.

Five key components needed in the governance system of congregations, including visioning, coordinating, planning, training and implementing.

If the minister is going to be held responsible for staff performance , it's only fair that the congregation authorize the minister to supervise the other members of the staff.

How might fees for Sunday School impact your congregation?

When InterConnections wrote a lengthy article about church websites in 1998 an estimated 40 to 60 percent of our congregations had them. In 2006 the figure was over 90 percent. (It's close to 100% in 2019) Increasingly, it’s the way that visitors find us. Many congregations report that most of...