Strategic Transitions of a Growing Church
The HUB
Description
Do elder board meetings feel frustrating? Have you ever left a board meeting and wondered, "What does any of this have to do with making disciples and reaching our community with the gospel?" This learning lab is a case study of Blackhawk Church (Madison, WI) and the various transitions that we painfully went through over twenty-five years. Come and learn from our mistakes.Session 1 | 9-10 am
Rapid Growth and Frustration
Session 2 | 10:30-11:30 am
Getting on the Same Page
Session 3 | 1-2 pm
Practical Stuff that Works
Handouts
- Blackhawk Church Ends Statement
- Powerpoint Presentation (all sessions)
- Elder Training Classes 2019
- Internal Monitoring Report
- Missional Church Paper Fall 2015
- New Testament Observations about Leadership for Local Churches
- Organizational Responsibilities at Blackhawk Church
- PXE Priorities 2018-2019
- PXE Process
- Snapshot of the Flow of Responsibility
- Transitions of an Elder Board
Additional Information
All EFCA churches exist to glorify God by reaching the lost and making disciples. But in the process of doing that, there are people to manage, programs to run, finances to attend to, laws to obey, property to maintain, etc. This learning lab is tailored for churches that have multiple staff and a volunteer elder board. We will talk about how the board fulfills the role of oversight while the staff fulfills the role of management. It is the elder board’s responsibility to assure that things are managed well, by overseeing management – not by managing the church. Blackhawk has implemented a Policy Governance model where this actually happens.
Chris Dolson
Senior Pastor
Blackhawk Church
Middleton, WI
Chris began his ministry at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin, in July 1994. Prior to Blackhawk, he pastored a church in Shreveport, LA for ten years. Originally from Indiana, Chris has a B.S. from Indiana State University (1978), where he majored in Biology and competed as a gymnast. During college, he discovered God’s grace and went on to receive his Master of Theology degree (1983) from Dallas Theological Seminary and his Doctorate of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Seminary (1999) under Haddon Robinson. Chris and his wife, Becky, have two grown children: Daniel and Melissa (married to Josh). In his spare time, Chris enjoys rooting for the Cubs and never gives up hope that this might be the year again.
