Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience--for
them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their
services. However, if church leaders are honest, they know there are
times that it can be frustrating. They know that volunteers are
essential, vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key
to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. They have the
welcoming smiles at the door, they serve the food, pray for needs, stuff
bulletins, organize missions trips, and on and on. If they want to see
their church grow, it must be a volunteering church, a church that
runs on volunteers.
The Volunteer Church was developed out of the ministry of Leith
Anderson at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where a vital
and vibrant volunteer program boasting 4,000 participants grew under the
leadership of Jill Fox. The principles and training have been applied in
churches of all sizes and denominations in seminar settings across the
country as well as at Wooddale Church.
In The Volunteer Church, leaders will
- Learn how to effectively recruit and train volunteers
- Discover how to build sustainable, long-lasting ministries led by
volunteers
- Find methods for encouraging and maintaining your volunteers for
success
- Know how to build teams of volunteers
- Understand how to find the right service that fits a willing volunteer
If you lead a church and are exhausted by the lack of volunteer help, or
if you are a volunteer and dream of adding numbers to your team, this
book is for you. If you are on a church staff and know that a new
ministry is needed but volunteers and training are required to make it
happen, here you will find the resources to recruit, inspire, train, and
maintain the church's most vital workforce.
