What Executive Consultants Charge Thousands to Create. Generated in Minutes.
The Covenant is a professionally formatted working agreement between you and your Senior Pastor—covering vision alignment, decision authority, communication expectations, conflict resolution, success metrics, and sustainability boundaries.
This is the kind of document executive coaching clients work with consultants over weeks to develop. You get it automatically when you complete Role Clarifier—personalized to your church context, ready to share with your SP.
Because verbal agreements fade. Assumptions creep in. And unwritten expectations cause conflict.
Generate Your Covenant Start with Role ClarifierTHE COVENANT
Professional Working Agreements Take Time to Create
Traditional processes involve weeks of interviews, facilitated sessions, drafting, and revisions. TrueNorth generates the same quality document from your Role Clarifier data—personalized, professional, and ready to share.
Skip the Discovery Phase
Traditional consultants spend hours interviewing you and your SP to understand your context. You've already captured all of that in Role Clarifier—governance model, authority boundaries, communication patterns, pain points. The Covenant simply transforms what you've written into a shareable agreement.
Professional Document Format
A professionally formatted PDF ready to present to your Senior Pastor. Includes your personalized content across six strategic sections, signature lines, and an annual review commitment. Print it, share it, reference it.
Revise as Partnership Evolves
Your partnership isn't static—authority boundaries shift, communication patterns change, new challenges emerge. Update your Role Clarifier sections and regenerate The Covenant whenever your agreements need refreshing. Built-in annual review reminder keeps it current.
What's Inside The Covenant
Six strategic sections covering the areas where Executive Pastor and Senior Pastor partnerships succeed or fail.
Vision Alignment
How you support your SP's vision while maintaining operational excellence. Role definitions, strategic planning roles, and how vision gets translated into execution.
Decision Authority
Financial boundaries, personnel decisions, operational authority, and strategic decision-making process. Who approves what, and how you handle contested areas.
Communication Expectations
Meeting rhythms, information flow preferences, board interaction protocols, staff communication patterns, and public announcement processes.
Conflict Resolution
How you handle disagreements, escalation paths, commitment to direct communication, timeline expectations, and when to involve third-party facilitation.
Success Metrics
How your SP and board evaluate your effectiveness. Key results you're accountable for, metrics you can influence, and annual review process.
Sustainability Boundaries
Work hour expectations, Sabbath protection, vacation protocols, family priorities, and the conditions under which you'd reconsider your role.
What Happens Without a Written Agreement?
- Assumptions remain unspoken — You think you have authority; your SP thinks you need permission. Neither of you knows until conflict erupts.
- Conflicts escalate without process — When disagreements arise, there's no agreed path to resolution. Tension builds instead of getting addressed.
- Breaking points hit without warning — Your SP doesn't know your boundaries until you're already burned out or ready to leave.
- No annual reset mechanism — Relationships drift over time. Without a covenant review, small misalignments compound into major fractures.
How to Unlock The Covenant
The Covenant Generator requires two things:
- Leadership+ plan — Available at $49/month
- Complete all 6 sections of Role Clarifier — Your Role Clarifier data becomes the content of your Covenant
What You Get by Plan
| Feature | Free | Essentials | Leadership+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Role Clarifier Section 1 | |||
| Role Clarifier Sections 2-6 | — | ||
| The Covenant Generator | — | — | |
| Unlimited regenerations | — | — |
Ready to Formalize Your Partnership?
Complete Role Clarifier to unlock The Covenant. Start with Section 1—it's free.
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