Everyone knows the different areas of ministry that goes on around churches, right? Well, maybe not the new people, but everyone else knows, right? I have found that far too many people, including staff people, are not really sure what all is going on.
Experience has taught me…
I recently read where someone said they learned more from failures than from successes. This made me realize I’d been strategically placed, sadly, to … shall we say … “learn a lot” from my old home church about church ministries and recruiting volunteers. A gathering with such potential for life eventually reached a morbid state.
What is typically on the minds of newcomers as they contemplate the decision to connect with a congregation of any size. Certainly, there are a number of variables that play into their decision: Bible preaching/teaching; mission/values/core spiritual beliefs; opportunities for fellowship/small groups; programming for their children and youth; and so on.
How do you get your people off the pew and engaged in meaningful volunteer ministry? What a huge, complex, yet completely relative question. If only we had a simple solution. I have realized that there are no simple solutions to the complexities we face in life and ministry. Simple solutions tend to make great selling book titles and that is about it. Yet there is a solution to engaging and mobilizing your people into meaningful ministry.
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