Moral Governance I

Course Description:

This entry-level course is for current and emerging board members. Its purpose is to teach board members how to govern nonprofits, including local churches. To govern an organization is to hold it in trust. Governance is distinguished from leadership. To govern Christianly is to call the entity upwards to the standards of Christ, so that every worker in it is guided and protected by good polices. When governance boards operate on the premise of self-preservation and institutional survival, they miss the opportunity to make the organization truly great. In this course, students learn why so many Christian boards unintentionally become dysfunctional. Assignments are optional.

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Guiding Questions:

• What is a board?  How do boards shape the culture of organizations?

• What is governance?  What are the benefits of policy governance? 

• What pitfalls do church elders and Christian board members commonly fall into? 

• How can boards keep organizations “right on mission”?