The Art of Kubernesis: Leading as the Church Board Chairperson
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Those who chair church boards deserve our prayers and respect. Often with little preparation or experience, they step up to lead the primary spiritual leadership team within a local congregation. When they need help, they have to search long and hard to find resources that respond to their specific questions and concerns. The Art of Kubernēsis (1 Corinthians 12:28): Leading as the Church Board Chairperson fills this gap. It takes the best ideas about chairing nonprofit boards being discussed today and carefully evaluates them. Those ideas that are compatible with biblical values and the unique nature of a church congregation contribute to this “map” for church board chairpersons. Although its primary frame of reference is congregational polity, the principles discussed can help anyone who chairs a faith-based nonprofit board.
This is a Logos Reader Edition. Learn more.
“Dr. Larry Perkins has studied board governance for decades as
he worked for nonprofit boards, chaired church boards, and taught
board best practices. He brings biblical expertise, theological
understanding, board experience, and a practical knowledge to the
subject of board governance. Through his church board chairperson
manual, Dr. Perkins has provided a valuable service to the church
as he applies real-life and real-time church experience to the
often mysterious workings of successful church board
leadership.”
—David Horita, Regional Director of the Fellowship of Evangelical
Baptist Churches in British Columbia and the Yukon
“If you are keen to be an effective board chairperson you need this
resource. . . . The manual is full of useful tools, practical
wisdom, and required reading for those assuming the chairperson
role as well as those who are already in it.”
—Larry Nelson, President, Bayshore Consulting
“Those who lead a church board need clear guidance to provide
direction that reflects biblical integrity and strategic fidelity.
In this book, Dr. Perkins reveals a firm grasp on both. As an
eminent New Testament scholar, his guidance is rooted in biblical
reliability. But, even more, as a faithful member of his church he
has earned the right to speak of board leadership having served as
a board chair with excellence.”
—Lyle Schrag, Heart for Ministry Consultation Services
“This is different from any other book on church boards I have
read. Dr. Perkins, a renowned biblical scholar, lays a robust,
biblical foundation for understanding church leadership. . . . This
manual not only answers one’s most pressing questions about board
practice, but also addresses deeper matters that have the potential
to undermine or greatly enhance a board’s long-term
effectiveness.”
—Randy Wollf, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies
and Practical Theology, Director of the ACTS World Campus at ACTS
Seminaries
- Title: The Art of Kubernesis (1 Corinthians 12:28): Leading as the Church Board Chairperson
- Author: Larry J. Perkins
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781532668005, 9781532667985, 1532668007, 1532667981
- Resource ID: LLS:9781532668005
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-16T06:09:10Z