SAMPLE CHURCH BOARD COVENANT

(Based on FMCIC Board of Administration (BOA) Covenant)

 

We the Official Board of __________________________ Church, COVENANT together the following (these are not in order):

 

 We will take time and “wait” for each other to understand and “land”;

 We commit to attend all BOA meetings, understanding that there may be exceptional circumstances;

 We commit to prayerfully do all our “homework”, and pre-reading in between meetings;

 We will create a BOA culture of mutual respect. We value friendly, healthy relationships;

 We will always acknowledge, listen, invite the leading, and direction of the Holy Spirit;

 We value confidentiality wherein names, churches or circumstances will not be discussed outside of BOA meetings with non-BOA members except for what we all agree is not confidential;

 We will speak as one voice – when a BOA decision is made we will speak of it as our own individual decision;

 We value honest conversation with one another;

 We will commit to personal spiritual disciplines and a deepening journey with God. We will pray for each other in between meetings;

 We will come to meetings with our hearts prayerfully prepared, and having the full prayer support of family (we will ask our families / spouse if all is well with us, before we come to meetings).

 

 

DATE: ______________________________

 

Signatures of Board Members:

 

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