The BOD governs by developing, approving, and ensuring the implementation of the Key Result Areas (KRA’s) and by empowering the Lead Pastor
The BOD is responsible for extending a call, supervising, and requesting a dissolution of a call of the Lead Pastor
Supervising Lead Pastor job performance
Performance of the Lead Pastor
Annual KRA’s are to be developed with Lead Pastor and implemented into all of staff and leadership. The role of the BOD is to support and provide accountability for the Lead Pastor and KRAs
Support of the Lead Pastor through offering wise counsel and prayer.
Financial Management
The BOD is responsible for maintaining a monthly financial review.
Daily finances shall be conducted by a qualified organization and/ or person with a monthly report provided to the BOD and made a part of the BOD meeting minutes
The BOD empowers the Lead Pastor to steward the church’s financial assets and assures that the lead pastor is not putting the BLVD Church at financial risk
The BOD will set the budget for ministry, facilities upkeep, maintenance, and future growth
Facility and property maintenance
Empowers work with the facilities team and deacons to maintain and improve all assets of the BLVD Church
Monitor Conflict-of-Interest
The BOD is responsible for ensuring there are no conflicts of interest and puts policies and systems in place to ensure full disclosure of any potential conflicts between outside organizations and church employees or its leadership
BOD will meet at minimum quarterly
Additional quarterly meetings including entire leadership (BOD, Elders, Deacons, and staff)
Pastoral Care Elders
Job Description
Pastoral care
Responsible for a community, woven together by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, and pointing to the fellowship of the kingdom of God
Take special opportunities to know and guide congregation members toward deeper faith and discipleship
Regular and intentional visits/connections with congregation members
Intentional home visits
Hospitalized
Nursing home
Homebound
Elders are responsible for the care and support of the BLVD Staff
Praying for the staff regularly
Occasional check-ins for spiritual, mental, physical, and mental well-being
Discipleship
Responsible for the church's daily involvement in a discipleship relationship with Jesus
Provide support and care of life group leaders and their life groups
Prayer mobilization
Develop a strategy for what it looks like for the BLVD church to be a place that intercedes and prays intentionally so that we can discover God’s love with our neighbors
Lead the charge in mobilizing the congregation to pray and intercede for one another, the neighborhood, and the world
Spiritual oversight and spiritual discipline
Ensure that members are nurtured through scripture
In conjunction with the staff, Elders will develop a plan and measure its effectiveness
Oversight of BLVD's theology, the sacraments, worship, baptism, preaching, and prayer
Hear confessions of faith
Welcome new members
Act on requests and publish opportunities for infant baptism, infant dedication, believer baptism, or remembering baptism
Elders will meet at minimum quarterly
Additional quarterly meetings including entire leadership (BOD, Elders, Deacons, and staff)
Deacon
Job Description
Deacons are to be servants, following Jesus’s example of servanthood in word and deed. In their roles, they serve Christ, the church, and the world.
Deacons lead the church in ministries of justice, mercy, and compassion.
They help recruit, coordinate and cast vision for service projects, programs, and events to ensure that the BLVD is caring for and loving our neighborhood and community.
The primary responsibilities of deacons fall into these main categories
The use of the mobilization resources
Mobilization budget
Benevolence budget
Evangelism budget
Mission involvement by developing and maintaining missional partnerships
Disaster response and volunteer service opportunities
Hunger advocacy and relief efforts
Special individual and family concerns
Caring for creation and living simply.
Management of the offering
Develop, maintain, and follow a schedule for collecting, counting and depositing Sunday offering (including drop boxes)
Deacons will meet at minimum quarterly
Additional quarterly meetings including entire leadership (BOD, Elders, Deacons, and staff)
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