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The End of the Race to Be Lax

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pattern in which congregations competed to be the least demanding rather than the most effective. A call for more intentional planning.

Expert support for leaders

Dan Hotchkiss, a long-time senior consultant for the Alban Institute, now works independently with congregations and other mission-driven groups from his home near Boston. Dan's best-selling Alban book Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board Leadership, now in an expanded and revised second edition, has helped hundreds of churches, synagogues, and non-profit organizations to streamline their structure and become more mission-focused and effective.

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