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The Volunteer Church: Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness
( Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting...)
Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience—for them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their services. However, if church leaders are honest, they know there are times that it can be frustrating. They know that volunteers are essential, vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. They have the welcoming smiles at the door, they serve the food, pray for needs, stuff bulletins, organize missions trips, and on and on. If they want to see their church grow, it must be a volunteering church, a church that runs on volunteers. The Volunteer Church was developed out of the ministry of Leith Anderson at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where a vital and vibrant volunteer program boasting 4,000 participants grew under the leadership of Jill Fox. The principles and training have been applied in churches of all sizes and denominations in seminar settings across the country as well as at Wooddale Church. In The Volunteer Church, leaders will • Learn how to effectively recruit and train volunteers • Discover how to build sustainable, long-lasting ministries led by volunteers • Find methods for encouraging and maintaining your volunteers for success • Know how to build teams of volunteers • Understand how to find the right service that fits a willing volunteer If you lead a church and are exhausted by the lack of volunteer help, or if you are a volunteer and dream of adding numbers to your team, this book is for you. If you are on a church staff and know that a new ministry is needed but volunteers and training are required to make it happen, here you will find the resources to recruit, inspire, train, and maintain the church’s most vital workforce.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310519152/?tag=2022091-20
Mastering Ministry: Mastering Church Management (Mastering Ministry (Thomas Nelson))
(The Mastering Ministry Series covers the various challeng...)
The Mastering Ministry Series covers the various challenges of a ministry encounters and teaches how to deal with them-one subject at a time. Mastering Ministry is a perfect "survival guide" for today's pastor addressing relevant topics such as worship, preaching, controversies, evangelism, church management, pastoral care, fundraising and personal growth.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1418532304/?tag=2022091-20
Leith Anderson
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He served as senior pastor of Wooddale Church, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, from 1977 to 2011. The National Academy of Engineering Board of Directors unanimously named Anderson, a distinguished Christian leader, Bible teacher and church pastor, the National Academy of Engineering president in October 2007, after twice having served as interim president He regularly teaches in seminaries, addresses evangelical concerns with elected officials, counsels denominational executives, and provides theological and cultural commentary to leading news outlets.
Anderson has also served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
While at Wooddale Church, Anderson’s nationally syndicated radio programs, “Faith Matters” and “Faith Minute,” were heard in cities across America and around the world. During his tenure, Wooddale planted nine daughter churches.
Anderson retired after 35 years as the senior pastor at Wooddale Church on December 31, 2011. Anderson has been published in many periodicals and has written over 20 books
He graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (Bachelor in Sociology). Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado. Fuller Theological Seminary, and Pasadena, California (Doctor of Ministry).
From 1999-2000, Anderson served as interim president of Denver Seminary.
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The Volunteer Church: Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness
( Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting...)
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Mastering Ministry: Mastering Church Management (Mastering Ministry (Thomas Nelson))
(The Mastering Ministry Series covers the various challeng...)
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The Volunteer Church: Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness
