Equipping Leaders To Multiply

The Most Important Part of Recruiting New Leaders

When you’re in a rapid growth environment there’s always a temptation to fall into panic-driven-recruitment.  Panic-driven-recruitment is ugly.  You recognize it when you see a children’s leader accosting people in the foyer to get them to help in the overcrowded nursery.  You see it when the groups pastor is “doing a sell” on a unsuspecting couple telling them how easy it is to host a small group in their home – “there’s nothing to it.” …Continue Reading

Recruit for Vision not for Need

I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard a staff member at a church say, “We don’t need any more volunteers, all our positions are filled.”  Wise leaders knows that recruitment is a never ending process.  We’re being shortsighted when we stop looking for emerging leaders.  One of the biggest mistakes a leader can make is recruiting for Need rather than Vision.  It fascinates me in Luke 10 when Jesus had just recruited 72 new…Continue Reading