Churches are essential to God\'s gospel mission among humankind.
The authors are an experienced Moody Bible Institute professor who teaches applied theology and Church ministries, and heads pastoral studies, and an experienced lawyer and law professor who teaches nonprofit law, forms and advises churches, and directs Church operations..
Consider this manual\'s Policies and procedures, themselves informed by the discernment of many others.
Don\'t reinvent the proverbial wheel.
We learn from God\'s Word, even as we learn from one another.
This manual offers many Church Policies and procedures, informed by God\'s scripture and Bible accounts, on the subjects of governance, personnel, volunteers, finance, facilities, security, ministries, and other functions.
God\'s Spirit also supplies his discernment for administrative excellence.
Thankfully, God\'s Word offers his wisdom for Church leadership and administration.
Pastoring, leading, and Administering a Church can be daunting.
Yet Church pastors, leaders, and members pursue God\'s gospel mission in a complex, enemy-patrolled, broken world.
God chose the church, Christ\'s own bride, to carry his good news to all nations.
Churches are essential to God\'s gospel mission among humankind