Challenges and Strategies in Volunteer Engagement for Churches

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The chapter explores the core tensions pastors face when dealing with volunteer engagement in churches, discussing challenges like lack of volunteering, overstaffing, and focus on filling positions. It emphasizes the need for a strategic approach to integrate serving into spiritual formation, shift away from consumerism, and prioritize ministries based on reaching people for Jesus. The speakers highlight the importance of one-on-one invites, regular sermon messages on serving, and high-quality volunteer environments to effectively engage and retain volunteers.

Most churches say they need more volunteers. But answer this honestly: What is your theology of serving? How well is your church discipling people to offer their spiritual gifts as part of the Great Commission?

Many churches have gotten further away from viewing serving as an integral part of spiritual formation than they’d likely admit.

In this series, Tony and Amy and special guests will share best practices on the strategy side of engaging people in serving, as well as critical elements of team-building and structure to engage more people using their gifts in the mission of your church.

In the first episode, they unpack the strategy mistakes churches are often making that inhibit a strong volunteer engagement culture.

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