My Comments
Rather than an issue of not wanting the wisdom that comes from experience, I think it's an issue of wanting diverse experience and the wisdom that comes from multiple viewpoints engaging each...
That sounds exactly like our congregation! Add in elder/deacon duties to that list, and for some that makes for a very rare Sunday "off." I think smaller congregations also...
The BOT solicits recommendations from a variety of sources, including the affiliated colleges. They also try to have a mix of new and repeat advisors every year; the general age range for...
Our congregation votes on the next year's church budget at our annual December meeting. The deacons solict funding requests from the various committee heads during the fall and then work...
A few years ago the deacons in my church developed a binder/handbook which gets passed to deacons for their term of service; departing deacons pass theirs onto those just coming on board. It...