Accountable leadership : a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations /

Chaffee, Paul, 1945-,

Accountable leadership : a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations / [print] Paul Chaffee. - Rev. and expandedition. - San Francisco, Calif : Jossey-Bass, (c)1997. - ix, 249 pages ; 21 cm.



Part 1. Becoming an accountable leader -- Courage and the responsibilities of leadership -- What the law requires -- The role of the governing board -- Part 2. Accountability, administration, and the shared life of the congregation -- Developing life-support systems for the corporate body -- Responsible financial management -- Employment practices that safeguard communal values -- Contracting with service providers from inside and outside the congregation -- Part 3. Tending to invisible wounds within the congregation -- Zero tolerance for abusive behavior -- Preventing clergy misconduct -- Healing the wounded congregation -- Afterword: what do we need to begin?



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Christian leadership.
Parishes.
Church management.
Pastoral theology.

BV652.C433.A236 1997