Highly regarded pastor Floyd Flake, his wife co-pastor author Elaine Flake, and church chief financial officer Edwin Reed offer a design based on key needs in the black church, and their experience at one of the nation's most respected and largest black churches, Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in New York. This unique, detailed, and thorough resource for black churches of any denomination covers virtually all aspects of church management from the theoretical and theological to the practical "nuts and bolts"of church administration.
Appendices includes: Sample Mission Statement, Sample Constitution and Bylaws, Strategic Plan Checklist, Excerpts from the Greater Allen Emplyee Manual, Sample Event Budget, Sample Church Budget, Recommended Resources.

This resource is for use by committees responsible for supervising and evaluating the work of local church clergy and strengthening shared ministry by pastor and people together. Copies of printed materials can be purchased from the Center for Parish development, Chicago, IL.

For use by persons who supervise, evaluate, and provide support to staff members in a church organization. Kit contains: video, instructional manual, reading booklet. Copies of printed material can be purchased from the Center for Parish Development.