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ELDER’S TRAINING SEMINAR
Based on the Elder’s Handbook
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ChurchCommittees
Chapter 3 – Part 5
Committees are Christians workingtogether
“Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.”
Proverbs 11:14
Committees’ Committees’ PurposePurpose
• The body operates on the basis of group participation.
• Make decision at the lowest level possible.
• Committees can be terribly time consuming.
• Do not take to the board items that can be settled at other levels.
Committees’ Committees’ PurposePurpose
• Business meeting should always be publicly announced so that all know they are welcome to attend.
• The highest ranking committee of the local church. • Includes all members of the congregation.
• Called and chaired by the pastor or by a designated elder.
Business MeetingBusiness Meeting
• Held monthly or quarterly.
• Full information should be given to the congregation.
• Members are free to express their opinions and show their support or rejection by vote.
• Designate additional committees as needed.
• Where the most significant plans should be discussed and approved.
Business MeetingBusiness Meeting
Composition, Mandate, Attributions:• Made up of the principal officers and heads of each
department of the local church along with any other members chosen by the nominating committee.
• The board is elected annually by the church membership.
Church BoardChurch Board
Composition, Mandate, Attributions:• The pastor calls and chairs the board unless the
pastor delegates this authority to an elder.
• It should meet at least once each month, preferably at a fixed time.
• It is the principal administrative committee of the local church.
Church BoardChurch Board
Responsibilities:• Spiritual nurture, evangelism and maintenance
of doctrinal purity.
• Upholding Christian standards and recommending changes in church membership.
Church BoardChurch Board
Responsibilities:• Church finances, protection and care of church
properties.
• Coordination of church departments.
• Designate special committees for specific purposes.
Church BoardChurch Board
Initiator
• An idea person, continuously coming up with something new.
Elaborator
• Creative by nature, enlarges on ideas presented by suggesting arguments both for and against.
The Committee The Committee MemberMember
Challenge
• Often a conservative, may seem a nuisance but are necessary in the process of a balanced
discussion.
The Committee The Committee MemberMember
Appeaser
• Does not like dispute, seeks ways to bring different viewpoints together.
Energizer
• Gives enthusiastic support to new plans and programs and wants to get on with the action.
The Committee The Committee MemberMember
• The agenda: a list of the items to be discuss.
• Open the meeting: with prayer and a brief devotional.
• Church clerk: should record proceedings. Minutes from the last meeting should have been distributed to committee members soon after it was held.
• Move the committee: toward a decision.
The Committee ChairpersonThe Committee Chairperson
• 1st Item on the agenda: reading and accepting the minutes of the committee’s last meeting.
• Caution:• Do not let any person dominate or manipulate
other committee members.• Clarify the issues under consideration. • Keep discussion on the subject.• Summarize occasionally.
The Committee ChairpersonThe Committee Chairperson