Volunteers
How Frazer United Methodist Uses a Church-Wide Campaign to Engage People
In the process of writing Volunteer Rocket, I talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Frazer United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. What does Frazer do better than most? While people can get plugged in throughout the year, Frazer uses an annual campaign…
Read MoreHow a System Helps North Point Community Church Engage Volunteers
In the process of writing Volunteer Rocket, I talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of North Point Community Church, with five churches across the metro-Atlanta area. What North Point Church Does Better Than Most: They have effective systems and processes in place to…
Read MoreHow Freedom Church Evaluates their Volunteer Ministry
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Freedom Church, a young church near Atlanta, Georgia. How Freedom Church Measures the Effectiveness of their volunteer ministry While most churches go by feeling to determine the effectiveness…
Read MoreHow Revolution Church Thanks their Volunteers
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Revolution Church in Shertz, Texas, just outside of San Antonio. Zak White moved to San Antonio, Texas and launched Revolution Church in 2008. Today, a staff team of…
Read MoreHow NewSpring Church Keeps the Vision Before the Volunteers
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of NewSpring Church with campuses all across South Carolina, including the original campus in Anderson. They communicate the vision of the church that inspires people to step up and…
Read MoreHow Granger Community Church Gives Away Leadership
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana. Mark and Sheila Beeson started Granger in their living room with five people in 1986. Today, Granger Community Church has thousands of…
Read MoreHow Church of the Highlands Gets 33% of their Attenders to Volunteer
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. Church of the Highlands began in 2001 with pastor Chris Hodges and a small group of people committed to launching a…
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