Can you give me a specific example of Policy Governance in action?

In our outcome policies, the board has stated that our church should make people feel welcomed into a caring church community. Responsibility for implementation of that outcome will be vested in senior staff. For instance, the business manager will ensure that entries are lit, secure, and well maintained, and that major repairs are considered during budgeting and then managed. The ministerial staff will oversee the involvement of the care, membership, and other teams that support the outcome. This is a big outcome, and other aspects of our church programming will no doubt fall under this area.

The board, in its monitoring capacity, will assess how well both the building and community (separately) are in compliance with the policy goal. If the board finds that, over time, the building or community has come to be significantly out of compliance with the outcome, it would refocus the attention of the executive team on the priority of the outcome and encourage it to pursue corrections.


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