Chaffee, Paul,  1945- <br/><br/>
Accountable leadership :  a resource guide for sustaining legal, financial, and ethical integrity in today's congregations / 
Paul Chaffee. 
 - 1st ed., rev. and expanded. 
 - San Francisco, Calif. :  Jossey-Bass Publishers,  c1997. 
 - xvii, 238 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Jossey-Bass religion-in-practice series .
 - Jossey-Bass religion-in-practice series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Becoming an accountable leader -- Courage and the responsibilities of leadership -- What the law requires -- The role of the governing board -- Part 2. Accountability, administration, and the shared life of the congregation -- Developing life-support systems for the corporate body -- Responsible financial management -- Employment practices that safeguard communal values -- Contracting with service providers from inside and outside the congregation -- Part 3. Tending to invisible wounds within the congregation -- Zero tolerance for abusive behavior -- Preventing clergy misconduct -- Healing the wounded congregation -- Afterword: what do we need to begin? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0787903647 (cloth : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96045857 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian leadership.<br/>Parishes.<br/>Church management.<br/>Pastoral theology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV 652.1  / .C46 1997