Templates, trackers and guides that take the guesswork and admin out of church governance, so your board can focus on the decisions that matter.
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What's inside
Built at Future Church in Brisbane and shaped by AICD, ACNC and ACC guidance. Copy them, add your church's details and start using them at your next meeting.
A quick start guide for people new to a church board, from agendas to minutes.
Use Claude or ChatGPT to cut the admin around board meetings, safely.
An agenda and minutes template, with a cheat sheet for decisions and confidential items.
How your board works, what it decides and what it hands to the senior pastor.
Legal duties, key documents and a first 90 days plan for new members.
A simple, dated record of interests your board members declare.
Attendance, giving, reserves, goals and actions on one page, updated each month.
Every ACNC, WHS, child safety and finance task, with what's due and what's overdue.
Rate, track and review your church's key risks, with a ready-made matrix.
What the board looks at across the year, so nothing important slips.
Score six areas of church life and save a one-page spider chart as a PDF.
New tools and improvements are added to the folder over time.
How it works
No software to install and no logins to manage. Your church owns its copies.
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A quick note
When I first joined the board of Future Church, we were a new church plant. We didn't have any tools from the get-go, so we built our own and figured it out as we went.
Since then, talking with church leaders and board members across Australia, I've found that's pretty common. Lots of people say yes to a church board without much of a guide for how it all works. I created these resources to help.
Churchpulse is an ever-growing library to help equip boards. These tools give you some guideposts and a bit of admin relief, so your board can spend more time on decision-making. That's the most important part.
Lachlan NicolsonCreator of churchpulseBoard member at Future Church Brisbane
Questions
No. The resources live in Google Drive, but every template downloads as a Word or Excel file. The spreadsheets are built to work in both.
Yes. They're written for Australian charities, with ACNC obligations, Working with Children Checks and Australian spelling throughout. They suit ACC churches especially well.
Yes. Once you've made a copy, it's yours. Add your logo, change the wording and adapt them to your constitution.
Yes. We keep improving the tools and adding new ones to the folder, so check back from time to time.
No. The resources are general information to help your board get organised. Your constitution comes first, and for specific questions talk to your lawyer or accountant.
Email hello@churchpulse.com.au and we'll sort it out. Questions and suggestions are welcome too.
Templates, trackers and guides your board can start using this week.
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