Church Volunteer Central is pleased to announce our relationship with Sue Mallory's Leadership Connection. Sue's book, The Equipping Church, has brought her into the national spotlight as she speaks and trains the church to fulfill the call in Ephesians 4 to lead all Christians into ministry.

You know there are people in your church whose lives would be transformed in the process of serving others. Yet no matter how hard you plan your “recruitment campaign” for ministry volunteers, it frequently falls short.
     This is the ongoing dilemma of many, if not most, volunteer coordinators called to “fill a slot” in their ministry. The solution comes when you create a culture in your church that is no longer trying to get volunteers, but to equip ministers.
    The “in thing” these days is for churches to hire someone to be responsible for calling and equipping people to serve. The assumption is typically that this person will create a successful gift discovery program, find numerous volunteers, train them, and send them—equipped and empowered—to the ministry field for effective service. Approached this way, though, it rarely happens successfully. Read more