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There are four important principles that should be used in developing or revising any of your church guiding documents. When we talk about guiding documents for the church, we are referring to such documents as articles of incorporation, by-laws, policies, job descriptions, etc. Follow the principles below and you will improve your ministry effectiveness and relevance, plus you may reduce the number of organizational headaches that go with leading a church. Read on to discover what these four principles are.

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One of your top essential guiding documents is the church by-laws. You know, that business-like, long document that you have in some file somewhere? The reality is few people in your church have ever looked up something in it or been guided by it in their ministry. But why is it so important if you seldom use it? And why do you need to take a look at it now? Here are some answers for you to consider.

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There are certain guiding documents that a local church needs to have handy as they journey down the road of ministry. They not only need to be handy, they need to be updated and used frequently by leadership who are responsible for navigation. Your question for the day is, does your church have current guiding documents? Check to see if your church has the following guiding documents.