We welcome your suggestions for reviewing other helpful resources related to volunteer management, human resource coordination, spiritual gifts, etc. Caring for volunteers is a tough job. Next, most of our volunteers work 50 or 60 hours during the week and are approaching burnout. The retired saints and stay-home moms have their workloads as well. It's a difficult task, but one that impacts the whole ministry of the church when neglected.
Most pastors take on the challenge of encouraging the saints in service.
But a new trend is to designate a Coordinator of Human Resources or Leader of Volunteer Services . Not a bad idea when you consider the specialty of the task. Choose leaders wisely. The right leader in the wrong place can devastate a ministry. Members with leadership gifts sometimes shy away from accepting responsibility because they perceive that everything will land in their laps.