The five models of church governance (and how they cope under pressure)
In this article I am not going to lay out the biblical principles of church governance, nor will I seek to explain what causes leadership failures. Instead, I want to consider structurally how different models of church governance work and how well they cope under pressure. My questions are: where is power distributed? how are decisions made and reviewed ? and what happens next when a leader is forced to move on?
We have the money, now we need vision
In the last ten years in this diocese $69 million has been realised from sale of church properties. Only seven per cent of those funds were spent on new building projects.
Anglicans and Moses: the law from another time but for all time
Perhaps it is time for Christians to admit that the Law of Moses is an embarrassing irrelevance, and stop reading it altogether in church. That’s what some popular preachers are saying – echoing no doubt the unspoken position of many around the world (many congregations would baulk at the thought of a sermon series on Numbers). Thankfully, this is an error which our Anglican heritage provides a bulwark against.