Accountable leadership
Subtitle: a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations
By: Paul Chaffee.
Edition: 1st ed., rev. and expanded.
Series: The Jossey-Bass religion-in-practice series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Christian leadership.; Parishes.; Church management.; Pastoral theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Becoming an accountable leader; title: Courage and the responsibilities of leadership; title: What the law requires; title: The role of the governing board; title: Part 2. Accountability, administration, and the shared life of the congregation; title: Developing life-support systems for the corporate body; title: Responsible financial management; title: Employment practices that safeguard communal values; title: Contracting with service providers from inside and outside the congregation; title: Part 3. Tending to invisible wounds within the congregation; title: Zero tolerance for abusive behavior; title: Preventing clergy misconduct; title: Healing the wounded congregation; title: Afterword: what do we need to begin?