How to Determine if You Manage or Empower Your Volunteers
by Bob D’Ambrosio Do you empower volunteers to serve in ministry? Or do you manage them? For many professionally trained leaders, the ministry model has been to recruit, place, and…
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Facing Christmas Fears
By Bob D’Ambrosio What message from the Christmas story is most needed today in your life? Peace. Hope. Love. How about—being courageous? What may be needed most is a theme…
4 Strategies to Re-engage People in Ministry
Is it getting harder to enlist people for ministry at your church? Are volunteers stepping down from their engagement and connection? With the busy holiday season approaching and the on-going…
When Vision Is Cloudy: 5 Things to Sharpen Your Focus
by Bob D’Ambrosio “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) If your vision for your ministry’s future is cloudy, you’re not alone. Many ministry leaders charge…
4 Keys to Inviting New Volunteer Leaders
By Bob D’Ambrosio Thriving churches know that the secret to ministry success is having great volunteers. And churches with a large percentage of their people serving understand there are key…
Handling Heated Conversations
by Bob D’Ambrosio Have you been at any hot church meetings lately? And I’m not talking about the HVAC system. Ministry teams can generate conflict that’s often hard to defuse.…
3 Ways to Create a Culture of Connectivity in Small Groups
by Bob D’Ambrosio Last week after my small-group meeting, Dale and Jodi stuck around to tell me how much they appreciate being in the group. “We were looking for community…
5 Vital Ministries for The New Year
by Bob D’Ambrosio The start of a new year provides the opportunity for ministry leaders to reflect on their church health. It’s often the best time to develop a new…
From Fizzle to Sizzle: 4 Tips to Energize Your Church Ministry Teams
Are the ministry teams at your church still charged with the energy they had when they first came on board? Are they still pumped to “change the world”? Ministry teams,…
5 Things Needed for Creating a Vision for Change
by Bob D’Ambrosio They say the only person who likes change is a wet baby. If your church members are dry and content with ministry as usual, it may indicate…
