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How to Recruit Parent Volunteers for Your Troop

Even though parents can be some of the busiest people around, troop leader Richel shares 6 ways she’s found success in getting parents to help out as troop volunteers.

How a Leadership Pipeline Creates a Recruiting Culture

Churches consist of many groups and subgroups with both formal and informal hierarchical layers. We must recognize that churches don’t drift toward simplicity. Churches drift toward complexity over the course of time, regardless of size. Two modern phenomena add complexities to churches: the multisite model and digitization of modern life. A multisite church model brings […]

7 Reasons Why Announcements Don’t Usually Lead to Church Member Involvement

I’ve heard it done often. In fact, I’ve done it too often. “It” in this case refers to trying to recruit church volunteers primarily by making announcements from the pulpit, via email, or within th…

Where to Start With Recruiting Volunteers

One of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in youth ministry is the feeling of going at it alone.

4 psychological techniques cults use to recruit members

Hint: They hold off on talking about their alien god until much later.

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Church Volunteer Recruitment: 13 Tips to Grow Your Volunteer Program

Right now, there are people in your church who want to volunteer, but aren’t involved yet. Some of them are waiting for the right opportunity—the role that perfectly aligns with their gifts. Others are literally just waiting to be asked. The challenge for your staff is finding the right times to ask, the right ways to ask, …