With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2014. The neat thing about this one is that I’m reporting on the transition to the tithing apportionment formula. There’s a great story relating to Howard Beach UMC. Useful Links Annual Conference 2014:…
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Annual Conference Memories – 2013
With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2013…Bishop Ough’s first year back in the Dakotas. This one is just the highlights. Useful Links Annual Conference 2013: https://www.dakotasumc.org/annual-conference/archives/2013-annual-conference
Scammer-Topia is upon us
A lot of businesses are struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. Many people are staying home…either out of work or working remotely? This is a perfect opportunity for one business to flourish…the Email Scammer. Think about it. How many more emails are we sending to the people we work with? How many us are used to…
Articles of Faith
I made a series of 29 short videos back in 2019 as part of a personal devotional. For United Methodists, you might recall that was the year of the special session of the General Conference that was to put an end to the debate on homosexuality. GC2019 was probably the lowest point in my time…
Single Board Governance #3 – How do you implement?
If you watched the previous videos, the problem with the traditional church governance is clear…to you. Also, the solution of the Single Board Governance is clear…to you. But you need to remember that pushing for change, even good common sense change, is hard and often dangerous. Kermit Culver has over 40 years of experience in…
Single Board Governance #2 – What’s the solution?
In the previous video, Kermit Culver talked us through the issues with the traditional church governance…where you have 20 committees each with 10 members. One of the issues with this is no one knows who is in charge or how an actual decision gets made. How do you replace all these committees with just one?…
Single Board Governance #1 – What’s the problem?
Could it be that your church’s governance is hurting it’s own mission? Most United Methodist churches are structured according to the Book of Discipline (ΒΆ243-258), and most churches struggle filling a slew committee positions. Some churches seem to have about as many positions as they do members. You end up wasting a lot of time…