Church Policies and Procedures

<p>Churches are essential to God's gospel mission among humankind. God chose the church Christ's own bride to carry his good news to all nations. Yet church pastors leaders and members pursue God's gospel mission in a complex enemy-patrolled broken world. Pastoring leading and administering a church can be daunting. Thankfully God's Word offers his wisdom for church leadership and administration. God's Spirit also supplies his discernment for administrative excellence. 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. We learn from God's Word even as we learn from one another. Don't reinvent the proverbial wheel. Consider this manual's policies and procedures themselves informed by the discernment of many others. 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.</p>