Volunteers
5 Ways to Gain More Church Volunteers
Genius is making the complicated simple, not making the simple complicated. Sometimes there are good practical answers right before our eyes to the issues we face. And one of the biggest issues pastors and church leaders face is how to gain, train, and retain more volunteers. In the April edition of Wired Magazine, the Cincinnati…
Read MoreWhy People Don’t Want to Volunteer at Your Church (Part 2)
This is a two part series. Click here to read part 1. If you have been in church work for very long at all then you have felt the need for more volunteers. You know who you are. You need more teachers to teach, more greeters to greet, and even more ushers to well, ush.…
Read MoreWhy People Don’t Want to Volunteer at Your Church (Part 1)
If you have been in church work for very long at all then you have felt the need for more volunteers. You know who you are. You need more teachers to teach, more greeters to greet, and even more ushers to well, ush. …whatever that is. I have been around some really small churches with…
Read MoreDo This at Your Next Volunteer Training Meeting or Appreciation Event
Most churches are fueled by volunteers, depending on people to do the work of the ministry. In fact, God designed the church to need all kinds of people. That’s why you’ll never be able to hire people to do everything, and it’s why you will always need happy and healthy volunteers. When I was leading…
Read MoreThe Key to Preventing Volunteer Burnout
Volunteers should be the MOST inspired people in your church. Sadly, many volunteers in the church are on the fence and on the verge of burnout. Volunteer positions that are unfilled, cause a select few to do double or triple duty. This leads to burnout and the whole cycle is stuck on repeat. Why do…
Read MoreThree Things Every Volunteer in Your Church Needs
We often think of what volunteers can do for the church, but there are things your volunteers need from you. In fact, without these three things, volunteers will not feel successful. Failure to do these three things will result in volunteer burnout. Here are three things every volunteer in your church needs. 1. They…
Read MoreIt’s Thursday and I Don’t Have Anyone to Work in the Nursery on Sunday
I bet you know the feeling. It’s Thursday afternoon and you get a text or an email from a key volunteer saying they can’t make it. Even though the trip has been planned for a few weeks, they just remembered to tell you they can’t serve on Sunday. “Hope you can find someone to fill…
Read MoreWhy Preaching on Volunteers Doesn’t Always Get More Volunteers
If you’re a senior pastor, chances are, you’ve probably heard a statement like this from a staff member or a children’s ministry volunteer: Pastor, we need some more volunteers….can you preach on that soon? Though you’re called to preach the gospel, teach the Word of God and champion the vision of the local church, sometimes,…
Read MoreHow to Gain, Train and Retain Volunteers
Listen to these words from Wayne Corderio, Pastor of New Hope Church and author of Doing Church as a Team. “I’m convinced that the influence of a church has on its community will be determined in large part not by the personality of the pastor, the size of its building or how long the ministry…
Read MoreThe Seven Deadly Sins of Volunteer Ministry
Does your church depend on volunteers to accomplish the work of the ministry? Wayne Corderio said this (and it’s really, really powerful): I’m convinced that the influence of a church has on its community will be determined in large part not by the personality of the pastor, the size of its building or how long…
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