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Resource Chapter: Ch. 13: Bylaws and the Like

What Bylaws Should and Should Not Say

Most bylaws contain too much operational advice and not enough about governance structure — who holds power, how leaders are chosen, how accountability works.

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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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