Trustees' Governance Resources Guide

2. Documents

For Trustees of Christian Science Nursing Organizations

Understand the Organization's Key Governance Documents

The Board uses key governance documents to guide the organization's activities, organizational culture, and compliance with established codes and regulations.

    • The Bible and the Christian Science textbook

    • The Manual of The Mother Church

    • The Commission's Organization Accreditation Standards

    • Articles of Incorporation

    • Bylaws

    • Policy Statements

    • Business Plan

    • Strategic Plan

  • Review current standards by visiting The Commission’s standards page.

    See the current version of standards, especially section B., “Organization and Governance.”

  • BoardSource’s “Recommended Governance Practices” details seven essential practices, 16 leading practices, and five compliance practices.

  • The National Council of Nonprofits explains nonprofit strategic planning. (Reprinted with permission from the National Council of Nonprofits.)

  • BoardSource’s resource “Creating Nonprofit Policies” explains policies and how they are created.

  • What are Purpose, Mission, and Vision statements? In these speaker’s notes from a 2018 AOCSN conference, Marilyn Bradshaw explains how each of these might look and how they can serve a Christian Science nursing organization.

  • “Nonprofit Mission Statements — Good and Bad Examples” from nonprofithub.org, January 26, 2023

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