Episode 30: Daughter Churches, Governance, and Decisions
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Learn about the nuts and bolts related to planting a daughter church or campus.
In Episode 30 of the New Churches Q&A Podcast, we discuss church autonomy, governing boards, and decision rights. Here is Jo Graves’ question,
What advice or timeline would you suggest for forming a governing board for a daughter church, and how should decisions relating to the property and other manners be handled for this church before a board is formed?
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The importance of decision rights
- How critical DNA is when planting a daughter church or campus
- The both/then model of multisite
- The nuts and bolts regarding a governing board
- The different types of documents required in the formation of a new church: spiritual formation and legal formation documents
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurchesQA):
- “Decision rights should be clearly defined and agreed upon early—the earlier the better.”
- “Set clear boundaries early on.”
- “Too many systems early on will choke the organization.”
- “Spiritual formation documents: statement of faith, constitution, bylaws.”
- “Legal formation documents: incorporation, employer identification number, federal tax exemption, state sales tax exemption, insurance, nonprofit bulk mail permit.”
- “Stay with the mother church and phase in the governance issues. Focus on your launch team!”
- “We see a trend towards churches being multi-congregational.”
- “Central services are a huge benefit to multi-congregational or multisite churches.”
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