{"id":749,"date":"2013-04-09T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.churchvolunteerdaily.com\/daily\/recruiting\/the-top-5-volunteer-traits-to-avoid\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:33:36","slug":"the-top-5-volunteer-traits-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/blog\/training\/the-top-5-volunteer-traits-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Volunteer Traits to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ephesians 4:23<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>1. Negativity<\/strong>\u2014A bad attitude goes a long way in destroying a good ministry.<br \/>\n<strong>2. Back-stabbing<\/strong>\u2014Those who say one thing to your face and another to someone else create a triangle of conflict.<br \/>\n<strong>3. Hidden agendas<\/strong>\u2014Watch for people who want to get involved in\u00a0ministry for reasons other than serving God and others.<br \/>\n<strong>4. Immaturity<\/strong>\u2014People who pull childish stunts, shy away from responsibility, or blurt out inappropriate jokes are a hindrance to your ministry.<br \/>\n<strong>5. Spiritually aloof<\/strong>\u2014If the person has no apparent desire to grow in or model spiritual maturity, he or she is simply not a candidate for ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding these traits will go a long way in helping you create and maintain a warm, welcoming volunteer culture in your church&#8230;and avoid serious pitfalls along the way!<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8070463@N03\/3544914913\/\">Tambako the Jaguar<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/compfight.com\">Compfight<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ephesians 4:23 1. Negativity\u2014A bad attitude goes a long way in destroying a good ministry. 2. Back-stabbing\u2014Those who say one thing to your face and another to someone else create a triangle of conflict. 3. Hidden agendas\u2014Watch for people who want to get involved in\u00a0ministry for reasons other than serving God and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,6,670],"tags":[112,210,185,107,228,229,230,105,232,206,15],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recruit","category-training","category-volunteers","tag-church-volunteer","tag-church-volunteer-recruiting","tag-churches","tag-recruiting","tag-spiritual-gift","tag-spiritual-gift-of-faith","tag-spiritual-gifts","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteer-recruiting","tag-volunteerism","tag-volunteers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Top 5 Volunteer Traits to Avoid - Group Children&#039;s Ministry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.&quot;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ephesians 4:23 1. 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