Thursday, June 14, 2012

Policy and Acting in the LSM congregation

     As a general rule there should be separation between the Parish Council that determines policy and the LSM team which carries it out. Normally, Council members are elected by the parish membership but the Team is put in place by the wider church.
     But it’s a fine line and in the smallest congregations it may prove impossible to set up two different groups to live out these two roles.
+ Some very small LSM Teams are called to be the Council as well.
+ In some others the two groups of people usually meet together.
+ In any Council there should normally be some representation from the Team but not so many members that the Councillors are outnumbered or outvoted.
+ Some churches safeguard voting by not permitting Team Members to cast a vote.

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