To help us talk about the issue of the Church board, I have asked Dr. David Clark, theology professor at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul Minnesota to share with us. Not only has Dr. Clark done extensive study and research regarding church boards, he has lived them in his own church experience as a pastor and leader. Dr. Clark has and is a great help to our movement of churches in this area of Church boards, among many other topics, so it is an honor to have him join us today. Dr. Clark, thanks for being on the podcast today and helping us sort out some of these issues related to church boards. 

·      Let’s start by giving a simple definition of a church board. 

·      Why do we have them in the first place?

·      What are the board structure options out there?

·      Why do solid gospel churches even within our Converge movement have such differing ideas of how to do it?

·      Whatever model a church decides to use, what are some must dos and don’ts as we think of our church board.

·      Could you share with us some resources that we could go to to learn more about the ins and outs of the board models you’ve shared with us today?