Why is it necessary?
Good governance provides the foundation for leadership and fruitful ministry. It means better decisions and gives people more confidence in the integrity of your organisation.
The costs of getting it wrong in our complex and fast changing regulatory environment are high.
Consequences can include:
- your organisation and its leaders being distracted from mission,
- incurring heavy legal costs and penalties,
- losing taxation status and being able to pay staff in a tax effective manner, or
- losing your property through governance failures.
Worst of all, governance failures destroy trust in your organisation, undermining your ministry, and the ministry of others in our movement. Our Church Governance Essentials course is crucial for your church.
Course Outline
This online governance training comprises ten approximately one hour video modules, with leading experts from Alphacrucis College, ACS Financial, and Prolegis Lawyers.
| Activity | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Welcome and Orientation |
Paul Oslington, Professor of Economics and Theology, Alphacrucis College |
| ACC leadership, constitution, structure & ministries | Ps Wayne Alcorn President, Australian Christian Churches |
|
Legal Framework in which Churches Operate - Outline of the Australian legal framework - Corporations Law, ACNC, Charity status - Directors Duties & Responsibilities - Taxation of churches and charities |
Anne Robinson AM Prolegis Lawyers |
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Church Governance Principles - What is good governance - Bringing a Christian perspective to governance. |
Paul Oslington Professor of Economics and Theology, Alphacrucis College |
| Leadership and Governance |
Dr Ian Jagelman Senior Lecturer in Leadership, |
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Financial accountability - Making Sense of Financial Statements - Assessing financial health of an organisation. - Key ratios and indicators of problems - Examples of problems in churches and charities - Preventing Fraud |
Associate Professor Philip Lee, Bachelor of Business Program Director, Alphacrucis College |
|
Risk Management - Risk management principles and processes - WH&S – legal obligations & process |
Rosie Kinday and Helen Muller, ACS Financial |
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Operational Risk Management including: - Insurable risk - Property Risk - People Risk - Professional Risk |
Rosie Kinday, ACS Financial |
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Managing People - Fair Work Act and what is means for managing people. - Typical problems churches and charities encounter. |
Peter Wilson, Prolegis Lawyers |
| Volunteer Management | Associate Professor Stephen Fogarty, President, Alphacrucis College |
|
Child Protection - Protecting children in our churches - Examples of common problems |
Philip Gerber, Safe Ministry Resources |
GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATION
You will receive a certificate on completing the course from Alphacrucis College, valid for two years which signals your commitment and knowledge of good governance.
Pricing
Competitive pricing for individuals, churches, and organisations of all sizes. It is designed to make the program affordable and accessible for small churches, and fair for larger churches and organisations.
The price is for a calendar year subscription which entitles the individual subscriber or members of a subscriber church/organisation the access the course materials.
| Size of Church/Organisation | Price $ per Organisation |
| Individual | $100 |
| 0-99 | $200 |
| 100-199 | $300 |
| 200-499 | $400 |
| 500-999 | $600 |
| 1000+ | $800 |
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AVAILABILITY
The course is now live. It is available directly through Alphacrucis College or as an option with the ACS Titus Governance Software Package www.titusgovernance.com.
Please leave your details and we will contact you regarding commencement.
ENQUIRIES
The course is Partnership between ACC National, Alphacrucis College, and ACS Financial.
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