Nov
12
2009
Effective Elder Meetings
Jim Ellif offers some good thoughts on how to make elders’ meetings more effective. Main points highlighted below; go to his post to see each point explained.
- Plan for meeting together more often and for a longer period of time.
- Challenge each other spiritually.
- Discuss the state of the flock.
- Have an agenda.
- Actually pray for individuals and issues being faced.
- Study together toward a unified position on difficult issues.
- Make these meetings non-optional.
I have not read Alexander Strauch’s book on this topic–Meetings That Work: A Guide to Effective Elders’ Meetings–but Strauch is an excellent teacher and thinker, and I’m sure it’d be worth consulting.
HT: Challies