With reports of financial impropriety and clergy misconduct makingheadlines, accountable leadership and sound management practiceshave become priority concerns in congregations of every faith.
Accountable Leadership speaks to congregation leaders, both clergyand laity, and to individuals who love the worshiping community andseek the tools that can enable everyone in it to better care forone another.
This is a practical comp Andium of resources for creating andmanaging a sound, effective, and fair congregation.
This newedition has been extensively revised and updated to includecontemporary topics such as disturbing tr Ands in reduced giving, new church-state issues, clergy misconduct and troublesome members, and legal issues associated with the congregation's role asemployer and provider of pastoral counseling.
About the Author PAUL CHAFFEE, a minister in the United Church of Christ, is executive director of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio in San Francisco, California.
Jossey-bass Accountable leadership: a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations, paperback/paul chaffee
