Thursday #3: Staff Board Report

What a staff member reports to the board I believe is a lot of times a very subjective issue.  The church one is serving in will determine a great deal.  In smaller churches, there is a much smaller staff reporting to a board.  This probably means that your ministry covers a much larger portion of the church's efforts.  If you have a big percentage, you should give a big account of what is going on in your ministry.  In larger churches, where there are several staff members with their own ministries, there is simply not enough time for every ministry to give a comprehensive account of what is going on in their spheres of influence.  

Key focuses of the ministry should be covered, with concerns and present emphases being stressed.  The board should get a picture of what your ministry is "about" right now.  I also think the board report is a great time to give testimony to what God is doing in your ministry, as well as expressing concerns.  These things bring a great amount of connectedness to the body, allowing us to praise God for what he is doing, and asking him to do things in our midst together as a body of believers.