Good Governance and Church
Dear readers! How are you? With the Divine Will of God, we will present you homilies entitled “Good and Governance,” for the next consequent weeks categorized in parts, so be with us!
Good governance has much prominence for Church. She is the owner of a well-organized and structured constitution. Where the governors’ constitution does not recede, there is Church. From the local churches to the residences of a person, there is the church.
Numerous Patristic Fathers, Priests, Monks, Deacons, Singers, Laities and various parts of the society is under the constitution of the church. She has lessened the burden of the country by governing the human resource; changed the spiritual and worldly life of the pupil; fed the hunger by food for the body and food for the soul. It is a known truth to the world of her remedy and source of salvation to cure the sick, sympathize the sadden and heal the wounded.
Many years have passed in performing these endeavors and reach to this stage by leaders and servile filled with corporeal and spiritual wisdom which is the high administrable wisdom and sacrifice. The discipline of governors has been desolated thousand times and constituted as much due to these governors who lack spiritual wisdom but only obtained corporeal knowledge. Now a day, it is unfortunate that our Church is being tested by servile who lack administrative knowledge and trapped with the love of money existing in the constitution of the church.
What does Good Governance mean?
The main concern of this world these days is about a good governance. The signification of it is many. It might be described accord the attitude of the institution, the work environment; it also has unison attitude.
However, professionals clarify it by success, quality, keeps the leisure of clienteles, anti- favoritism, the rule of law, provide service which has accountability and transparency, is responsive, take responsibility, is participatory, fair and systematic view. If there is good governance, it conserves the constitution from being led by authorities and persons.
Abune Stephen in the training held on December 17, 2012, at Addis Ababa Diocese Office, spoke of good governance to administrator as follows; “good governance means to be a good shepherd who sets a good example in all fields by rendering full spiritual service with the authority and responsibility given by God.” The Addis Ababa Diocese has also stated on the article posted on its website as, “Good governance means creating a relationship of trust between the server and the client.”
Generally, good governance is related with the notion of the process of decision making and executing it. Therefore, all administrative discipline providing proper response, keep their right, present services and execute the law, is known to be good governance.
Which do we call the management of Church?
The institution all over the world can only administer few matters; but the church administration, is different in its constitution of corporeal and spiritual. moreover, the human resources, financial administration and Management of Assets, it includes the spiritual education.
A. Human Resources Management
The existence of an institution is declared by its human resource management. It must be constitutionalized by strong, qualified and disciplined human resource for it to be successful. Holy Church administer Monks, Priests, Singers, Deacons, Singers and others professional laities serving in various professions. These servile are strong and led by strong discipline; they were embraced by corporal and spiritual knowledge and thus the church is able to reach today passing all the storm.
B. Asset Management
Church is the owner of very high source of spiritual and corporeal. She administers more than 40, 000 parishes and monasteries, numerous lands, schools, colleges, development institutions, buildings, baptism places and parking lot from the patriarchate to local churches.
C. Financial Management
In relation to financial management, she manages money collected from vow, tithe, development, rental, aid, present, baptism and collection of millions birr from various services.
D. Management of Laities
Even the government governors supported with the power of people. In different from this, the Church administer laities. Holy Church just as an institution, manages those under her whom are believers by taking big responsibility in their corporeal and spiritual life not by force but in peace, not by conflict but with love; under her protection.
E. Management of Spiritual Sources
Church has another dual managerial responsibility. That is managing the untouched and non-materialistic, invisible spiritual wealth. She preserves the hymn, proverbs, artistic knowledge, artistic beauty of its literature, the art of painting, which has the spiritual value; more than anything, orthodoxy doctrine, tradition, dogma and canon.
Dear family of God, we have finished for today. For the next time, we will present you homily entitled “The Scarcity of Good Governance in Church.” Have a good time!