Entries from Off the Agenda tagged with: recruiting
I spent my summers during high school working as a telemarketer. Every day, I called strangers to request money for the Leukemia Society, March of Dimes, or any other organization name that appeared on the script I was supposed to...
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mentoring, recruiting, volunteers,
I recently sat down with Jennifer Oxford, regional leader for Student Impact, the youth ministry of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Jen has five years of ministry under her belt and lots of experience orienting volunteers...
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recruiting, small groups, spiritual gifts, volunteers,
March 5, 2008
Cutting the Competition
If you want small groups to succeed in your church, make sure your leaders have enough time to do them right.
Any church attempting to run a small-groups ministry will inevitably encounter a stiff obstacle to growth: the need for more leaders. This is actually a turning point in many respects - find a way to surmount this barrier, and there's...
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burnout, recruiting, small groups, time management,
Several years ago, I had to look in the eyes of someone and tell her she could no longer be part of our team. Her final day would be in two weeks. She looked back, unblinking, almost uncomprehending, and then...
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difficult people, hiring, recruiting, staff, team, vision, volunteers,
January 28, 2008
Should You Stop Asking for Volunteers?
Perhaps it's time church staff and leaders re-think how they recruit help
I've attended - and volunteered in - several churches. And in some of them, I've made the mistake of volunteering for too much. By now, I've learned to draw reasonable boundaries based on my gifts and my limitations. And I...
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burnout, recruiting, staff, team, volunteers,
I recently wrote about the results of a leadership-style assessment I took on BuildingChurchLeaders.com, and my ability to finally accept the idea that I can be effective and influential as a leader whose primary gifting lies in the areas of...
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recruiting, spiritual gifts, training, volunteers,
On Friday, Amy Simpson wrote a post on our sister blog, www.giftedforleadership.com, about a leader's responsibility to those they lead. Her insights were too good not to share on Off the Agenda: As a leader, it's easy to understand and...
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burnout, pastors, recruiting, staff, team, volunteers,
November 12, 2007
A Better Way to Recruit and Retain Volunteers
Church leaders can find and keep volunteers--they just need to re-think their approach.
Every church needs more workers. And often, some workers feel frustrated and probably aren't in the right area. How exactly does a church find the right people for the right positions? BuildingChurchLeaders.com asked Bruce Bugbee, president of Network Ministries International...
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recruiting, spiritual gifts, training, volunteers,
November 5, 2007
Stop Oiling Your Church's Squeaky Wheels
Learn to honor those who minister, not those who demand it
A ministering laity doesn't happen naturally. Many people still expect the pastor to do the ministry while they watch - and criticize. Changing that image requires shaking up time priorities. Pastors who develop strong lay leaders have learned to honor...
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administration, boards, burnout, difficult people, mediation, pastors, recruiting, training,
Off The Agenda: Conversations for Building Church Leaders is a blog where people in church leadership positions — pastors, staff members, and volunteers, among others — gather for discussion, where they encourage, equip, and prepare each other for the joys and challenges...
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administration, Bible study, boards, budget, buildings, burnout, children's ministry, community, compromise, current events, devotions, difficult people, elections, evangelism, failure, family, fund-raising, giving, hiring, legal, liability, mediation, meditation, men's ministry, missional, missions, money, multimedia, outreach, pastors, politics, pop culture, prayer, quiet time, recruiting, risk, sample forms, seniors, small groups, spiritual gifts, staff, stewardship, study, team, technology, time management, tithing, training, vision, volunteers, women's ministry, worship,
October 15, 2007
The Secret Resistance to Church Growth
"Every church wants to grow, right? Not necessarily. Some leaders and members subconsciously may see growth as threatening and prefer to keep things ?the way they used to be.' This secret resistance among key people will surely inhibit growth." -...
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budget, buildings, difficult people, evangelism, fund-raising, outreach, recruiting, stewardship, vision,
October 15, 2007
Evangelical Drop-Outs
Our friends at Out of Ur recently wrote a post regarding a new survey that finds 70 percent of young adults stop attending church by age 23. The research was conducted by LifeWay Research and directed by Ed Stetzer,...
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community, current events, evangelism, failure, missional, outreach, pop culture, recruiting, vision,
October 15, 2007
Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia
Stephen A. Macchia became the founding president of Leadership Transformations Inc. (LTi) on July 1, 2003. LTi is a ministry focused on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and...
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children's ministry, community, prayer, recruiting, spiritual gifts, staff, team, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Sue Mallory
Sue Mallory, the author of The Equipping Church and co-author of The Equipping Church Guidebook, has spent more than 20 years in full-time ministry. Sue served as the founding executive director of Leadership Training Network (LTN) for eight years and...
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community, evangelism, outreach, recruiting, staff, team, training, vision, volunteers,
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