Why do people refuse to become actively involved in your church? Why do “pewsitters” decide that a life of disengagement is preferable to finding a place to serve?<\/p>\n
While the reasons are numerous, it often comes down to these common obstacles you’ll need to overcome:<\/p>\n
1. “There isn’t anything I can do.”<\/strong> When your potential volunteers see programs being delivered with excellence, they tend to focus on their own limitations. They see outstanding musicians leading singing, top-notch teachers doing children’s ministry, smiling ushers greeting everyone like long-last friends—it’s daunting.<\/p>\n Obstacle Remover:<\/em> \u00a0Communicate to potential volunteers that there’s training for any role they think suits them and that you’ll only place volunteers where they have God-given strengths.<\/p>\n 2. “I filled out one of those interest survey sheets and nobody called me.”<\/strong> All too often churches collect information about people and then promptly do….nothing. You don’t want your collection of people’s interests and abilities to become a systematic process of rejection.<\/p>\n Obstacle Remover:<\/em> Filling out paperwork doesn’t place potential volunteers in fulfilling positions. \u00a0We do that. Use discovery information as a starting point for ministry connections to take place. Create a system for what happens to the information so people don’t fall through the cracks.<\/p>\n