Church volunteer recruitment is one of the most critical and most challenging tasks for every church leader. Volunteers are the lifeblood of any church and most church health metrics show a strong correlation between volunteer team growth and the health and growth of...
One of the best things we can give to our volunteers is clear expectations. A clear, concise, well-written job description can go a long way towards communicating what we expect from volunteers. Volunteer job descriptions can also help you clarify your vision for the...
I have a simple question for you… Do you want more volunteers? I'm guessing the answer is, “of course!” We all do. Recruiting volunteers is hard. It's even harder when there are factors working against you that you may not even see. In this free...
Do you have a difficult time when you go to recruit volunteers for summer in children's ministry? Do you want to give your regular volunteers a break so they're refreshed and ready for a new school year? Could you use a yearly on-ramp for potential volunteers...
If you're like me, you always feel grateful for every volunteer who serves in your ministry. We know we can't do anything we do without them. They don't serve for us and they don't serve for our church. Ultimately, they serve to be a part of God's mission to reach the...
I have been a part of two churches in my life. My home church I grew up attending and the church I've been on staff with since we started it over 10 years ago. As a young adult in my home church, I volunteered in multiple areas. I never knew I would eventually work...
Our staff leadership team had the privilege of learning from Daniel Floyd, Pastor of Lifepoint Church, a few years ago. One of the things we learned from him is something he picked up from Sam Chand, a great leader, and a great author. I call it The Volunteer...
Almost a decade ago I was at a conference for churches who were thinking about going multisite. It was a small gathering of about 100-200 leaders, so it felt different than a typical conference. I'm not sure how it came up, but the speaker was talking about volunteer...
Some time ago our family ministry team read the book Creating Magic by Lee Cockerell. It was a great read with a lot of helpful leadership principles. The book Be Our Guest is another great resource, and while our family ministry team hasn't read it together, many of...
In the survey I recently did, volunteer training was one of the top topics family ministry leaders were interested in. Training volunteers is crucial and I believe it is something many leaders struggle to do well. It's also something that isn't a one-size-fits-all...
One of the biggest challenges we face as ministry leaders is in training and equipping volunteers on our teams. I recently had a great conversation with another family ministry leader who was looking to improve his strategy for training church leaders and volunteers....
If you ask any children's pastor or student pastor what their top needs are, it's almost a guarantee one of them will be recruiting volunteers. Churches that are plateaued or declining have a hard time recruiting volunteers in the midst of the existing momentum loss....
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