Documenting Governance Praxis: From Informal Authority to Codified Leadership Structure

This podcast serves as a praxis artifact for the Dissertation-in-Praxis (CLED 885) project and documents the organizational reality that necessitated governance redesign within Anointed Connect Church. The episode examines how reliance on informal authority structures produced decision ambiguity, delayed operational responses, and unclear accountability as organizational complexity increased. Drawing on program planning theory and governance scholarship, the discussion explains why structural clarity—rather than leadership development—was required to address the identified application gap. The episode further situates the adoption of amended and restated bylaws as the operational mechanism through which leadership authority and oversight were formally codified, establishing the foundation for the Sole Director governance model evaluated in this study.

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