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We have studied a number of aspects of a congregation: its story and culture; its members, volunteers, and staff; its strategies; and groups within it. We now come to some more general questions: what kind of an organization is a congregation? And therefore how might it best be governed?

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Torry, M. (2014). Managing Governance. In: Managing Religion: The Management of Christian Religious and Faith-Based Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137394668_7

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