Church Board Assessment

Assess the church board you lead you.

The Church Board Assessment will help you determine three things. What you do well as a board, Where you agree, and where you may have a disagreement on your board related to 20 key factors. It is best if every member of the board takes the assessment and shares their results with each other.

You will also be given an opportunity to comment on each question and your response. Please be clear and concise in your response to each. It is important to be honest and respectful.

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1. How often are you frustrated by the pace of decision-making?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly

 3 Moderately

 4 Very Much

 5 Extremely

Your comments:

Question 1 of 20

2. How often is it necessary to get approval from one or more groups in order to get something done?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely often

Your comments:

Question 2 of 20

3. How often do you find your Board revisiting issues you thought were settled?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely often

Your comments:

Question 3 of 20

4. How often is there confusion or conflict over the place the congregation, staff, or board play in leadership and decision-making?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely often

Your comments:

Question 4 of 20

5. How often does your Board struggle with its role clarity or understanding group responsibilities?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely often

Your comments:

Question 5 of 20

6. How often does the Board spend time managing day-to-day activities over thinking & planning for the future?

 1 Not at all

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely often

Your comments:

Question 6 of 20

7. How clear is the desired future state for your church and is this a shared dream of the Board?

 1 Extremely clear

 2 Very clear

 3 Moderately clear

 4 Slightly clear

 5 Not at all clear

Your comments:

Question 7 of 20

8. Does your Board and Staff work from clearly designed annual goals and plans?

 1 Extremely clear

 2 Very clear

 3 Moderately clear

 4 Slightly clear

 5 Not at all clear, since I have no idea what they are.

Your comments:

Question 8 of 20

9. Are you frustrated with the number of decisions that need to go to the congregation for approval?

 1 Not at all frustrated

 2 Slightly frustrated

 3 Moderately frustrated

 4 Very frustrated

 5 Extremely frustrated

Your comments:

Question 9 of 20

10. Is there a high level of unity and relational health among Board members?

 1 Excellent unity & health

 2 Very much unity & health

 3 Moderate unity & health

 4 Slight unity & health

 5 No unity & health

Your comments:

Question 10 of 20

11. Does your church structure & bylaws help leaders in making timely decisions?

 1 Not at all helpful

 2 Slightly helpful

 3 Moderately helpful

 4 Very much helpful

 5 Extremely helpful

Your comments:

Question 11 of 20

12. Does your Board have adequate space for prayer & study of scripture to dream and plan for the future?

 1 Excellent space

 2 Very much space

 3 Moderate space

 4 Slight space

 5 No space

Your comments:

Question 12 of 20

13. Does your Board have a clear covenant that spells out its procedural and relational practices?

 1 Extremely clear

 2 Very clear

 3 Moderately clear

 4 Slightly clear

 5 Not at all clear

Your comments:

Question 13 of 20

14. Has the lack of a Board Covenant & Agreements (i.e. agreement between Board members on confidentiality) ever caused problems for the Board?

 1 Not at all, we have a covenant.

 2 Slightly

 3 Moderately

 4 Very often

 5 Extremely, and what is a covenant?

Your comments:

Question 14 of 20

15. Does the church have a clear process designed to find the very best leaders for the Governing Board?

 1 Extremely clear

 2 Very clear

 3 Moderately clear

 4 Slightly clear

 5 Not at all, we do not have a process.

Your comments:

Question 15 of 20

16. Do you have a clear process to mentor and train potential leaders before they become leaders?

 1 Extremely clear

 2 Very clear

 3 Moderately clear

 4 Slightly clear

 5 Not at all clear

Your comments:

Question 16 of 20

17. How often is your church is maximizing its ministry impact?

 1 Extremely often

 2 Very often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Slightly often

 5 Not at all often

Your comments:

Question 17 of 20

18. How true is this statement? Our church has more than one elected Board.

 1 Not at all true

 2 Slightly true

 3 Moderately true

 4 Very much true

 5 Extremely true

Your comments:

Question 18 of 20

19. How often is there tension or confusion between the Staff and Governing Board over who is responsible for what?

 1 Not at all often

 2 Slightly often

 3 Moderately often

 4 Very often

 5 Extreme often

Your comments:

Question 19 of 20

20. How often are you able to attract and retain the best leaders in your church to serve on your Governing Board, Staff Team, or Volunteer Ministry Teams?

 1 Extremely often

 2 Very often

 3 Moderate often

 4 Slight often

 5 Not at all often

Your comments:

Question 20 of 20

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