When to Start Recruiting Volunteers

While most leaders would never turn down a new volunteer, often that is the wrong attitude to have. Sometimes it can be the wrong time to recruit, and as a leader, you need to be able to discern the right and wrong time to add more volunteers to your team. Here are some
guidelines:

1. Do add more volunteers when you have a defined need and a job description that describes the specific need you are trying to fill
2. Do add more volunteers when your church is going to move to a new building, as there will be a spike when those from the community come to visit
3. Don’t add more volunteers if you are not prepared to train them
4. Don’t add more volunteers if you won’t be able to honor their time requirements
5. Don’t add more volunteers “just because”

From: Agile Ministry’s Handle With Care eBook

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