Accountable leadership : a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations

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    • Chaffee, Paul

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Accountable leadership : a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations

Paul Chaffee

(The Jossey-Bass religion-in-practice series)

Jossey-Bass, c1997

1st ed., rev. and expanded

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Part 1. Becoming an accountable leader
  • Courage and the responsibilities of leadership
  • What the law requires
  • The role of the governing board
  • Part 2. Accountability, administration, and the shared life of the congregation
  • Developing life-support systems for the corporate body
  • Responsible financial management
  • Employment practices that safeguard communal values
  • Contracting with service providers from inside and outside the congregation
  • Part 3. Tending to invisible wounds within the congregation
  • Zero tolerance for abusive behavior
  • Preventing clergy misconduct
  • Healing the wounded congregation
  • Afterword: what do we need to begin?

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Description

With reports of financial impropriety and clergy misconduct makingheadlines, accountable leadership and sound management practiceshave become priority concerns in congregations of every faith.Accountable Leadership speaks to congregation leaders, both clergyand laity, and to individuals who love the worshiping community andseek the tools that can enable everyone in it to better care forone another. This is a practical compAndium of resources for creating andmanaging a sound, effective, and fair congregation. This newedition has been extensively revised and updated to includecontemporary topics such as disturbing trAnds in reduced giving,new church-state issues, clergy misconduct and troublesome members,and legal issues associated with the congregation's role asemployer and provider of pastoral counseling.

Table of Contents

One: Becoming an Accountable Leader 1. Courage and the Responsibilities of Leadership 2. What the Law Requires 3. The Role of the Governing Board Two: Accountability, Administration, and the Shared Life of theCongregation 4. Developing Life-Support Systems for the Corporate Body 5. Responsible Financial Management 6. Employment Practices That Safeguard Communal Values 7. Contracting with Service Providers from Inside and Outside theCongregation Three: TAnding to Invisible Wounds Within the Congregation 8. Zero Tolerance for Abusive Behavior 9. Preventing Clergy Misconduct 10. Healing the Wounded Congregation

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