{"id":3424,"date":"2017-11-27T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2017\/11\/27\/leadership-news-item-8795-administration-service-team-report-november-2017\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:03:54","slug":"administration-service-team-report-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/administration-service-team-report-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Service Team Report \u2013 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Administration Service Team was created in late 2016 with the approval of the ICOC Delegates at the July 2016 REACH Summit. The team was commissioned to focus on identifying guidelines and methods for the effective administration of churches in multiple areas, with committees set up for future focus. Recognizing that legal and other issues faced by churches in the United States are not the same outside the US, the team is determined to clarify the spiritual and conceptual issues underlying policies and procedures so that appropriate versions can be adapted in other countries, cultures, and regulatory\/legal environments. At the same time, some products can be adapted fairly directly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4f618d1f-b096-4f4e-9405-80e635aab220.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the team&#8217;s meeting in Chicago in October 2017, we were delighted and honored to have all four (4) lead administrators from the African regional church families in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carol Abuor Ochieng \u2013 Nairobi, Kenya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erick Li Sik \u2013 Johannesburg, South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Koutouan \u2013 Abidjan, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam Onuoha \u2013 Lagos, Nigeria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African Missions Society made this possible, and God blessed all four with visas to attend. Although our only current team member from outside the United States is Paul Rowden from London, Paul Ramsey has invested many years of direct service training to churches in Africa, and Christen McDuffee has been directly involved in administration and service with the European churches. We are hoping to have additional participation from experienced church administrators outside the United States. Ray Schalk, administrator for the San Diego church, also attended the October meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"team-structure-and-organization\">Team structure and organization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vision &#8211; to provide support to ICOC ministries to maximize the sustained growth and strength of the work of the Lord.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Do all that you have in mind. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>&#8211;1 Samuel 14:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mission\">Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church administration will serve the ministry, not as boundary keepers and naysayers, but by facilitating the preparation and execution of the superlative track \u2013 smoothing the rough edges that might otherwise tamper, distract, or perhaps even derail, the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set a standard of an upward call to disciples who are talented administratively to devote their skills and experience to church administration as a ministry, whether on a full-time or part-time basis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide training for church administration, using regional and local programs as well as web-based platforms to enable churches of all sizes to secure and retain effective administrative personnel, whether volunteer or employed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure current awareness of issues (legal, administrative and social) and establish guidelines and protocols to protect the ministries and to facilitate maximum sustained growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"team-membership-and-committees\">Team membership and committees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Human Resources Committee (including Compensation, Benefits, Employment Practices)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Smith, Chair \u2013 Dallas, Texas<br>Christen McDuffee \u2013 Boston, Massachusetts<br>Gary Slebodnick \u2013 Boston, Massachusetts<br>Tom McCurry \u2013 Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Compensation Subcommittee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gary Slebodnick \u2013 Boston<br>Steve Smith \u2013 Dallas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Governance (including Board, Legal, Policies\/Procedures)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheryl Kaplan \u2013 Northern Virginia<br>Paul Ramsey \u2013 Columbia, South Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>General Administration (including Accounting, Taxation)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connie Beene, Chair \u2013 New York City<br>Vivian Hanes \u2013 Atlanta, Georgia<br>Brian Gross \u2013 St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Ramsey, Chair \u2013 Columbia<br>Christen McDuffee \u2013 Boston<br>Paul Rowden \u2013 London, England<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Risk Management (including Liability Insurance)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Briscoe, Chair \u2013 Dallas<br>Cheryl Kaplan \u2013 Northern Virginia<br>Paul Ramsey \u2013 Columbia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Administration Service Team was created 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