Leadership Evaluations Go High Tech

Every two years, Bishops and church leaders receive an evaluation of their work. In doing this, the church fulfills a biblical mandate for church leaders to “commend” themselves to the church “in every way” (2 Cor. 6:4) “so that everyone may see your progress” (1 Tim. 4:15) . This year the evaluation forms will be distributed by an email linked to an online survey.

Bill Winger, director of administration and finance for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, helped to re-format the forms using a tool called Survey Monkey. The online instrument “allows respondents to enter their ratings on the various elements of the evaluation, and then accumulates [the information] in a confidential database.” Besides being easy to use, Survey Monkey will also speed up the response time, with the majority of responses returned within the first few days of distribution.

Pastors, other members of the Leadership Council, and the Regional Conference Board of Directors evaluate each Bishop, while executive directors, the General Secretary, and the Moderator, are evaluated by Leadership Council and the board to which each individual is directly accountable. The accumulated information is shared with the General Conference Board as stated in the Manual of Doctrine and Government (see below).

Evaluation categories include: pastoral relations, communication, and leadership and administration for bishops. Executive directors, the general secretary, and the moderator are evaluated on teamwork, team relations, and leadership. The evaluations are helpful in maintaining the effectiveness of leadership in the BIC. Not only does this process allow individuals to gain insight into their leadership styles, but it also challenges our leaders to continued growth.

The Manual of Doctrine and Government states: "A performance evaluation designed to assess each leader's effectiveness based on personal and denominational goals will be conducted biennially, by the person to whom the leader is accountable, and reported to the General Conference Board." (MDG 38, 2002).

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