The Volunteer Church - Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness

Church leaders know that volunteers are the church's most vital work force. In The Volunteer Church, Leith Anderson and Jill Fox offer guidance to church leaders on how best to minister to these essential workers, and provide a complete handbook for them to recruit, inspire, train, and maintain volunteers in congregations large or small.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Churches Need Volunteers! (Leith)
2. The Role of Leaders (Leith)
3. Create a Volunteer-Friendly Culture (Jill)
4. People Want to Volunteer (Leith)
5. Teams are Tops (Leith)
6. Fit the Volunteer, Don’t Fill Positions (Leith)
7. Have Clear Expectations (Jill)
8. Volunteers Recruit Volunteers (Jill)
9. Keep It Simple (Jill)
10. Support, Support, Support (Jill)
11. Attention to Details (Leith)
12. ‘Paying’ Volunteers (Jill)
13. Tell Stories (Jill)
14. Trusting Volunteers (Leith)
15. Celebrating (Jill)
16. The Priority of Prayer (Leith)

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Leith Anderson serves as president of the National Association of Evangelicals. For thirty-five years he was the pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is a graduate of both Denver Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary.  Anderson is the author of more than 20 books.

Zusammenfassung

Church leaders know that volunteers are the church’s most vital work force. In The Volunteer Church, Leith Anderson and Jill Fox offer guidance to church leaders on how best to minister to these essential workers, and provide a complete handbook for them to recruit, inspire, train, and maintain volunteers in congregations large or small.

Zusatztext

'This book should be required reading for all desiring to develop and maintain a volunteer culture in the local church setting.'

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Leith Anderson, Jill Fox
• Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.08.2015
• EAN: 9780310519157
• ISBN: 978-0-310-51915-7
• Seiten: 160
• Abmessung: 139 mm x 212 mm x 16 mm
• Gewicht: 149 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Praktische Theologie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Preaching, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, RELIGION / Christian Church / Growth, TOPICAL / Christian Interest, leadership;church;growth;volunteer