“No one wants to volunteer.” It was the common refrain I heard as a local church pastor. One person wants to start a ministry, but no one comes along. Or a longstanding ministry struggles to recoup losses when previous volunteers step away. In this article from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, Ann A. Michel offers a few quick, simple stories on how churches can revisit their playbook for gaining ministry participants.
New Possibilities for Engaging Ministry Participants and Leaders
