Church Administration

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043d05a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>American Pantheist Society</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Pantheist Society"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Core Courses"><U>Core Courses</U></A>   |   <B>Church Administration</B>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NonProfit Administration"><U>Non-Profit Administration</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U>--Type Title Here--</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="044d2123.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Church Administration</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Kirkland University - </B><B>Seminary</B></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>School of Business</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>MBA Church Administration </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Overview:</B></div> <div> The Church Business Administration concentration is specifically designed to provide graduate students who work, or would like to work, in church or para-church ministries, with an in-depth hands-on understanding of those areas that affect church administration. The purpose of this concentration is to help develop church business administrators who want to learn the latest theories and concepts and to learn how these administrative concepts can be used to help organize and operate a church effectively and efficiently. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Requirements: 54</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" ><B> Credits </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> (1)  Core MBA courses - 30 credits.:</div> <div> (2)  Church Business Administration Concentration: (24 Units)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Alternative Dispute Resolution: 3 Credits</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Mediation</B>                          <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Arbitration                         </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Define and discuss how mediation and arbitration provide Conflict and/or Dispute resolution.</div> <bR> <div> Church and Non Profit Management: 15 Credits</div> <bR> <div> <B>Non-profit Organization</B>              <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit</FONT></div> <div> Briefly define and discuss the concept of non-profit organization.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Board Development       </B>                     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/board_development" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/board_"><U>http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/board_development</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Briefly answer the 9 questions about how to develop and manage a non-profit board of directors.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategic Planning     </B>                             <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strategic_planning" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strate"><U>http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strategic_planning</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Briefly answer the 15 questions about how to develop and run a strategic planning program.                          </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Fundraising                                            </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/fundraising" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/fundra"><U>http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/fundraising</U></A></div> <div> Briefly answer the first 6 questions about how to develop and run a fundraising program. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Financial Management                      </B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/financial_management" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/financ"><U>http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/financial_management</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Briefly answer the 29 questions about the general elements of a financial management program.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Risk Management                                   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/risk_management" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/risk_m"><U>http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/risk_management</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Briefly answer the 20 questions about the general elements of a risk management program.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Non-profit Laws       </B>                               <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America_non-profit_laws" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America_non-profit_laws</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss: Not-for-profit corporation; Surplus;  Intermediate Sanctions Disqualified Person;  Organization Manager; and Safe Harbor.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Program Evaluation</B>                              <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Eva"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss Program Evaluation and Qualitative Research.</div> <bR> <div> <B>How to Read the IRS Form 990</B>           <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="http://www.npccny.org/Form_990/990.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.npccny.org/Form_990/990.htm"><U>http://www.npccny.org/Form_990/990.htm</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Organization Bylaws: 3 Credits</B></div> <div> Generate a set of Bylaws for your own church based on the following examples:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Bylaws Example  </B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" >                                         </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Tahoma" ><A HREF="http://www.mncn.org/bylaws.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mncn.org/bylaws.htm"><U>http://www.mncn.org/bylaws.htm</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nonprofit Religious Corporation   </B>               <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ucg.org/about/bylaws.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ucg.org/about/bylaws.htm"><U>http://www.ucg.org/about/bylaws.htm</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sample Bylaws  </B>                                           </FONT>  <A HREF="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/charter/bylaws.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/charter/bylaws"><U>http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/charter/bylaws.h</U></A>tm</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>20 Steps to Planting and Growing a Church: </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" ><B>3 Credits</B></FONT></div> <div> Discuss briefly the logic and importance of the following rules.</div> <div> Make changes slowly. </div> <div> Announce office hours, then be there. </div> <div> Promote preaching series on pertinent subjects. </div> <div> Develop important contacts outside the church. </div> <div> Develop a personal visitation program for yourself. </div> <div> Set realistic goals which can be reached, which build faith. </div> <div> Write and use job descriptions for all positions, paid and unpaid. </div> <div> Look carefully and critically at your facility. </div> <div> Make connections with community leaders. </div> <div> Use the media before they use you. </div> <div> Schedule your teaching classes to run on schedule. </div> <div> Never count your losses and don't preach your problems until you are through them. </div> <div> In the early years, start saving back your personal offerings to bring in good speakers. </div> <div> Chart your growth in measurable ways. </div> <div> Develop leadership by making it possible for it to be self-supportive. </div> <div> Don't hold on to someone once they start to leave you. </div> <div> Never fire a volunteer, promote them. </div> <div> Take quality time to train leadership, elders and deacons. </div> <div> Lay out a permanent training program for teachers. </div> <div> Gear the church up to reach children in your community.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>