Church Policies: Mere Distraction or Essential Ministry?
Church governance and policies can feel like a distraction from gospel ministry. How can we see them in their rightful place as part of that ministry itself?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director) is joined by Becky Thomas (Church Governance Advisor) and Gavin Smith, (Christchurch Newport and The Church Office) to discuss why church policies are important to ministry and how churches can get help to put them in place for the good of their people and the good of the gospel.
00:00 - Introduction
06:27 - Using church policy templates
07:58 - Are church policies a distraction from gospel ministry?
15:36 - What do churches miss with their governance?
20:55 - How to avoid policy overload
23:45 - How FIEC can help churches
25:35 - Biblical principles for creating policies
29:21 - Codes of conduct in churches
31:47 - Stupid questions
Show notes
- How to Do Nothing (Leaders' Conference seminar) (fiec.org.uk)
- The Church Office (thechurchoffice.co.uk)
- Church Policies and Templates (fiec.org.uk)
- Complaints Policy template (fiec.org.uk)
- FIEC Values (fiec.org.uk)
- The Ministry of Administration podcast episode (fiec.org.uk)
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