Simplified, Accountable Structure (SAS)

Are you frustrated with long meetings

that accomplish little to nothing?

Do you feel like the same conversations and decisions

are occurring in multiple committees?

Are the layers and complexity of decision making

no longer working for your church?

Do the number of committee slots to fill

outnumber the current leaders available?

Do you have a desire for more efficient, effective,

and impact-focused decision making practices?

Maybe it’s time to consider

Simplified, Accountable Structure!

Simplified, Accountable structure (previously referred to as the single board model, minimum structure, or one board model) moves churches from four administrative committees (trustees, finance, staff-parish relations, and church council) to one Leadership Board encapsulating all responsibilities and authority of the previous four separate administrative committees in compliance with the UMC Book of Discipline in Paragraph 247.2.

Over the past dozen or so years, this model of leadership has evolved as more and more congregations have moved to this structure and learned how to incorporate the much needed accountable leadership. Kay Kotan and her co-author Blake Bradford have helped thousands of leaders and hundreds of congregations across the country shift into this model through training, consulting, SAS Coach Certification, and their best-selling resource guide, Mission Possible.