Integrity is the heart of leadership.
Let that simmer in your mind for a moment.
Dishonesty may hide behind talent and skill for a while, but the rotten fibers will eventually corrupt the whole cloth and what lies beneath will be exposed. It is simply a matter of time.
God pointed this out when He mediated a dispute within the very first human family. Cain was mad at his brother. The Lord tried to reason with him, but Cain refused to listen. God’s short statement to him remains a warning to us. “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door” (Genesis 4:7). Purposely choose to do something other than right and sin will ultimately be your ruin. It is only a matter of time. Cain’s lack of integrity – his refusal to be honest with himself – drove a wedge between him and his brother, his parents, and his God.
Ask that question to a dozen different people and you will get a dozen different answers. And all twelve will most likely be driven by opinions and experiences, mostly bad ones, from somewhere in their pasts. When it comes right down to it, most folks have no clue as to what a church board member is really supposed to do. But don’t tell them that. Most of them don’t know that they don’t know.