With Senator Grassley's inquiry with six televangelists, the questions, as documented in press releases, seem to be directed at governance and reporting issues. These two operating areas, independent yet dependent in function, require two important factors, transparency and accountability.
How do you define these terms? In this post and following, we will briefly define and explore these important, vital characteristics for a church.
Transparency is defined well by Joyce Meyer Ministries. Upon walking into their ministry headquarters, the following words are embedded in the concrete:
Principle Loyalty
Vision Truth
Honesty Compassion
Integrity Justice
Courage Faithfulness
Honor Virtue
Excellence Responsibility
I believe these words corporately define transparency. Accoutability, how do you define? See our next post.
