Leadership and Church Administration: The Ministry in Administration

The Center for Leadership Excellence presents a workshop with Monica Beacham and Carl Frazier…

About the Workshop:

In this workshop, we will explore the ways in which the administrative tasks of the pastor strengthen the mission of the church and are, themselves, acts of ministry in fulfillment of the pastor’s responsibility to “administer the temporal affairs of the church.” Focusing primarily on those newer to ministry and those serving congregations of smaller membership, the workshop will cover topics such as:

• The role of the pastor in administration
• Creating a good annual rhythm of administration
• The roles and functions of a finance team
• Budgeting for mission and funding priorities
• Stewardship campaigns and preaching on giving
• Leading a nominations team
• Preparing for Charge Conference

About the Presenters:

Monica Beacham is the pastor of Cedar Grove UMC in Northern Orange County. She is an ordained elder in the UMC, who before Cedar Grove served in Murfreesboro, NC, for six years. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and the Boston University School of Theology. She loves worship planning and preaching, as well as strategic planning, youth and children’s ministry, and missions. She’s also trained as a Spiritual Director and loves to talk about spiritual practices and self-care. Monica is married to Chris Beacham and together they have a cat and a barely-behaved beagle.

Carl Frazier is a retired elder in The United Methodist Church. For 43 years, he has pastored churches of all sizes in the NC Conference from some of the smallest in membership to one of the largest. In addition to his parish work, Carl has served on several Annual and General Conference boards and agencies, as a delegate to three General and four Jurisdictional Conferences, and as a District Superintendent. He has degrees from Barton College (B.A., 1980), Duke University (M.Div., 1984), and Princeton Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2003). As a local church pastor, Carl’s passions were preaching, teaching, vision casting with a congregation, and leadership development in the context of congregational life.