by Derek Sanford | Feb 15, 2022 | Articles
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day (at the time I’m posting this) and February is the month of love. ANYTIME is a good time to tell your volunteers that you love them, but around Valentine’s Day is an especially good time to do it (even though in Christian...
by Derek Sanford | Feb 14, 2022 | Articles
It’s been almost a year since I sent the final manuscript off to the publisher for my book Untapped Church in which I talk about our church’s journey of toward staffing many of our ministries with volunteer, yes unpaid, leaders. We’ve created a culture in which unpaid...
by Derek Sanford | Jan 30, 2022 | Articles
I was leading a training seminar with a group of pastors recently, and I could see one of the pastors in the room was visibly uncomfortable. Almost wincing in pain. When it came time for Q&A his hand was the first one up. He said, “I believe everything you’re...
by Derek Sanford | Jan 24, 2022 | Articles
If you lead a church or a non-profit, you understand that inviting volunteers to join your team is a part of the job. I would suggest that asking high-capacity volunteers who will be responsible for leading teams and individuals to step up, involves some unique...
by Derek Sanford | Jan 19, 2022 | Articles
In the first two posts of this three-part series, we began looking at how building a base of high capacity volunteers can help you with your ministry and help you personally. In this video, we continue the discussion by looking at how volunteers can help your...
by Derek Sanford | Jan 19, 2022 | Articles
In my last post, we began looking at how building a base of high capacity volunteers can help you with your ministry. In this video, we continue the discussion by looking at how volunteers can help you personally. Be sure to check out the other videos in this series:...
by Derek Sanford | Jan 17, 2022 | Articles
If you’re a pastor or ministry leader, I have a message for you. I believe that the greatest untapped resource in churches, big and small, rich and poor, black and white and brown, urban and suburban, is high-capacity volunteer leaders. And that discovering them...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 31, 2021 | Articles
Nearly everyone makes resolutions for the New Year. Exercise more, lose weight, eat healthy, be a better person…you’ve probably been there. As pastors, it’s important to us to think about how we want to lead our volunteers better as we head into the...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 19, 2021 | Articles
Christmastime is one of the best times of the year. For churches, it’s one of the two largest celebrations, and it’s also one of the busiest times of the year. As such, it’s also a time we lean on volunteers the most. As we reflect on leading our...
