Logan, General Counsel for The United Methodist General Council on Finance and Administration, brings considerable experience and knowledge to this guidebook for church leaders. For far too long, church leaders have failed to hold themselves to the same critical standards of secular organizations. In our litigious world, the leaders of our Methodist organizations can ill afford to be ignorant or negligent of the guidelines, regulations, and laws that govern the church. Mary Logan makes such information easily accessible and understandable. Beyond the regulations of the Book of Discipline , trustees need to be aware of the local and state secular codes that govern the work of trustees.
Every state is unique.
Now more than ever, ignorance is no excuse. Trustees in our local churches serve one of the most critical and sacred of trusts. Trustees, more than almost any other church leaders, must know and understand the mission and vision of the church and align all of their decisions and service to fulfill those ends. Here, it would simply be to say that the primary work of trustees and administrators is not simply legal or fiscal. This is not to say that Mary Logan misses this point.