The Board of Trustees

By Linda Tancs

A board of trustees is the appointed or elected governing body of an entity like a non-profit organization, university, hospital or charitable foundation, responsible for ensuring the organization fulfills its mission. In God’s economy, we’re all members of His board of trustees. We’re entrusted with things like protecting the gospel message (2 Timothy 1:14) and using our unique spiritual gifts as good stewards of God’s grace (1 Peter 4:10). In the Parable of the Talents, Jesus tells of a master who entrusts his goods to his servants while he is away, expecting them to invest and increase them (Matthew 25:14-30). What kind of board member are you?