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Break the Business Leader Mentality
7 days ago

Agile Ministry : I’ve seen too many business leaders try to run church ministries like they run their business. The problem with most business leaders is that they focus on the tasks and milestones in front of them while forgetting the people behind them.While businesses can often find and train someone new given the right monetary of (Read More)
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The Week-to-Week Leader
Jul 15, 2008

Agile Ministry : In the last post, I asked a question: “How would you do things differently if the team that is serving you this Sunday might not be around the following weekend?” I asked you to put yourself in the place of recruiting volunteers every week.This time, I want to challenge you to adopt the mindset of treating your (Read More)
Topics: Leadership, recruiting, volunteer
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An Exercise in Upside-Down Ministry
Jul 14, 2008

Agile Ministry : I want to turn your ministry leadership upside-down for a minute. What if your team of volunteers disappeared and you had to recruit new ones? What if you couldn’t get anyone to commit beyond this weekend? What would you do differently?You would probably need to find a way to train a new batch of volunteers quickly.Yo (Read More)
Topics: Leadership, Ministry, volunteer
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Free Volunteer Recruiting Plan Form
Jul 09, 2008

Agile Ministry : I have put together a free Volunteer Recruiting Plan PDF for leaders. This PDF allows leaders to outline their recruiting plan using the process provided in the FREE Recruiting Volunteers eBook. This form also makes a great companion to the Volunteer Job Description form Download the FREE volunteer job description form   . (Read More)
Topics: volunteer, recruiting, Leadership
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Give Them a Vision
Jul 08, 2008

Agile Ministry : Volunteers should be honored by giving them a vision. This vision is what makes giving their spare time worthwhile. It helps them to understand that the work they do means something. It helps motivate them and focus their energy. A volunteer without vision is simply spending their time just doing busy work. Which of these i (Read More)
Topics: volunteer, Leadership, Volunteer Leadership
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Ask Them Questions
Jul 07, 2008

Agile Ministry : Another way to honor your volunteers is to ask for their input. When was the last time, as a leader, that you asked for their input about the team? Here are some ideas on what kinds of input to ask:Are you getting the training you need from us?Are we honoring your time commitments?Do you feel part of the team?What would you (Read More)
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Keep Things Simple
Jul 02, 2008

Agile Ministry : As a software developer and architect, I spend a lot of time trying to identify the best possible solution to a business problem. The solution usually has to offer a benefit, then offer that benefit with as little negative impact to the business as possible (e.g. the amount of work/total cost of ownership).When it comes to (Read More)
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Solve Small Problems First
Jul 01, 2008

Agile Ministry : Have you heard of the Broken Windows Theory? From Wikipedia:“The theory states that it is easier to solve a small problem before it becomes a big problem. For example, if one person tags (graffiti) the side of a building, a small area, you want to clean that area up before more people add their tags to the building, m (Read More)
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Target Excellence
Jun 30, 2008

Agile Ministry : Are you honoring your volunteers by allowing them to target excellence in what they do?Tony Dye recently posted an article titled “Adequate”:“Why don’t we have excellent? Perhaps three reasons: 1) We don’t know of excellent solutions. 2) If they existed, they’d probably be very expensiv (Read More)
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Weekly Video Pick: Toby Walters
Jun 26, 2008

Agile Ministry : This week’s featured video is from Toby Walters, who has been leading worship at my church home. Check out his website and Myspace page to listen to more songs and find out when his upcoming tour starts.   . (Read More)
Topics: Church
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Free Volunteer Job Description Form
Jun 25, 2008

Agile Ministry : As a follow-up to the FREE Recruiting Volunteers eBook, I have put together a free Volunteer Job Description PDF available for immediate download. This form uses the format from the example job descriptions to help guide you through the process of consistently and simply defining your volunteer job descriptions.Download the (Read More)
Topics: volunteer, Leadership, recruiting
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Provide Creative Expression
Jun 24, 2008

Agile Ministry : Just about every team has at least one creative volunteer. Are you allowing your team to be creative, not just perfect, in their execution? James Marsters, actor and musician, offered a great example of perfection vs. pleasure for creative people in a June 2008 interview (read below or listen to it here):Q: What is the hard (Read More)
Topics: volunteer, Leadership, Volunteer Leadership
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Respect Your Volunteers’ Time
Jun 23, 2008

Agile Ministry : How good are you at respecting your volunteers’ time? Are you considerate of the time they need for family, friends, work, and rest? Before you ask someone to volunteer every week, or show up for a team meeting, consider:How long is their drive time to the church or meeting location? Do they commute to your church fro (Read More)
Topics: volunteer, Church, Leadership
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7 Ways to Honor Your Volunteers
Jun 23, 2008

Agile Ministry : The volunteers in your church give their time, energy, and talent to help the local church make an impact. As church leaders, we need to ensure that we honor them appropriately:“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” - Ro 12:10To honor someone is to give respect, courte (Read More)
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Leadership Links
Jun 18, 2008

Agile Ministry : I’ve had a number of website recommendations and blog posts that I’ve been wanting to pass along, but each weren’t enough to justify a full post. So, here they are:IT 2.0 from Tony MorganTwitter at Church from CMSBlogging Advice from Tim Stevens (great for newly blogging pastors)YouVersion - an online Bibl (Read More)
Topics: Church, Leadership
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