Leading ministry in the next decade

In an interview for Church Executive Magazine, church consultant Kent Hunter (commonly known as The Church Doctor) was asked, “What common issues do churches most seem to have that you encounter in your consultations?” Hunter response, in which he puts forward five key issues he sees many churches facing, is insightful… Identifying methods and strategies [...]

Volunteer Motivations & the implications for church leadership

The church lives and dies not on the paid staff, but on the service of God’s people. Much research has been done in recent years looking at the motivations for why people volunteer. Church leaders would greatly benefit from considering these reasons and as they seek to encourage and motivate God’s people in their Christian service. [...]

Volunteer Stages Model

The following model is proposed by Haski-Leventhal and Bargal (2008) as a model for understanding the organizational socialization of volunteers. It outlines the stages and transitions between stages. A couple of days ago, I listed the stages of this model on Twitter/Facebook and received a comment that I “forgot the part about absolute burnout between [...]