Recruiting Board Members: Not Really That Hard

It’s the annual board meeting when either due to someone retiring from the board or term-limiting off that the board members are scratching their heads for they have no one in mind to replace the existing board member. There are several things to do. First, do an inventory of the giftedness that might be lacking on the board, i.e., diversity, legal, advancement, pastoral, etc. Then specifically recruit to fill in any such “holes.”