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Local Church Board of Trustees 101

Location: Online Via Zoom

2025 Bot 101

Tues., Oct. 14 
7 - 8 p.m.

Online Via Zoom
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Presenters: Katie Voigt (NIC BOT Chairperson) and  NIC BOT members: Jeff Brace, Robert Wood and Dan Saavedra

This webinar is intended to help the local church Board of Trustees understand their responsibilities as described in paragraph 2533 of the Board of Discipline. The NIC Board of Trustees will share templates, examples and "best practices".  There will be a Question and Answer section at the end of the webinar.


Shared Resources:

Provided by the NIC Finance team. If you have any questions, please reach out to David W. Quinn.


The Finance and Administration Team has other upcoming webinars planned:

Recordings of previous webinars can be found in the Finance and Administration Showcase on Vimeo.

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