Myth 4: Most Volunteers Want To Serve in One Role for a Lifetime. Let me reveal a nasty little secret about pastors and paid staff. When a pastor or staff recruit a volunteer and train them and help them figure out their spiritual gifts and finally place them in a critical role in some ministry […]
Myth 3: Volunteers Are Free Help. I remember when we decided to do food service on our campus. It was a big decision. We knew that when we were going to provide food service that we were going to have to pay a small staff for a few key people. But we envisioned hundreds of volunteers […]
As I said at the start of the year, I’m planning on reading a lot more old books this year. I’m going to blog about the experience, in order to try and keep me honest in keeping it up! I’ve just finished “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky. It starts with a student who murders two […]
Myth 2: Volunteers Are Only Capable of Doing the Busy Work of the Church By this I refer to the myth that volunteers are only capable of doing repetitive tasks that the paid staff doesn’t really want to mess with. That they’re only capable of doing the tasks that are low in strategic import. At […]
Myth 1: There Aren’t Enough Volunteers to Go Around Almost everywhere I turn when I meet with pastors and leaders, they’re bemoaning the fact that they don’t have enough volunteers for their ministries. But there’s always a reason why they’re not serving. I don’t know what it is in your church. We know some […]
Notes from WCA’s Defining Moments: Ask Bill How should those who have ministered faithfully but can’t seem to get their own churches to grow very much feel in this era of mega-churches? Bill struggles with this question because there are thousands of pastors in places all over the worldwho will never see what Bill has […]
Notes from WCA’s Defining Moments: FAQs Posed to Seasoned Pastors “Moving into our new building and experiencing great church growth, I feel like we’re now on plateau. How do you prevent a temporary plateau from becoming permanent?” Bill Hybels: Decisions must be made based on what the real needs of the church are at the […]
Notes from WCA’s Defining Moments: FAQs Posed to Seasoned Pastors “I feel like we are in constant need of raising money, always for very good reasons. Can you give us 2 or 3 keys to leading a successful capital campaign?” Bill Hybels: First, it is important to build a healthy stewardship culture in your church […]
Notes from WCA’s Defining Moments: FAQs Posed to Seasoned Pastors “On our ministry teams we have both managers and leaders, each making important, different contributions. How can managers and leaders work together without one dominating the other and without driving each other crazy?” It is always going to be a dance – these are two […]
Notes from WCA’s Defining Moments: FAQs Posed to Seasoned Pastors ”I know that ministry growth happens when risks are taken. You’ve told us to “dream big” and I know that God is able, but how do you know when you’re being inspired or when you’re just dreaming? How do you determine what is an appropriate […]
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