Church Policies and Procedures: Common-Sense Guides for Administering Churches in a Complex World

Churches are essential to Gods gospel mission among humankind. God chose the church Christs own bride to carry his good news to all nations. Yet church pastors leaders and members pursue Gods gospel mission in a complex enemy-patrolled broken world. Pastoring leading and administering a church can be daunting. Thankfully Gods Word offers his wisdom for church leadership and administration. Gods Spirit also supplies his discernment for administrative excellence. This manual offers many church policies and procedures informed by Gods scripture and Bible accounts on the subjects of governance personnel volunteers finance facilities security ministries and other functions. We learn from Gods Word even as we learn from one another. Dont reinvent the proverbial wheel. Consider this manuals 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.