Care greater and deeper about others. It was a dynamite six hours packed with excellent presentations on setting up a structure for volunteer management in the local church. I relished hearing new concepts and mingling with Christians from a variety of denominations passionate about mobilizing members for service. Don mentioned he enjoyed doing a presentation for students at Pacific Union College. He raised my enthusiasm for developing a broader vision for lay mobilization in the Adventist church.
Active membership is tied to a healthy church.
A number of reasons surface. First, many times we've never bothered to ask our members for a complete commitment. The seminar leaders suggested three critical elements for implementing a powerful lay mobilization system to help turn churches around and make them stronger. The first element is visible leadership support. Members will not buy into a system the leaders do not support, talk about, preach about, and stand behind.