Certainly all are needed, but various skills and ministry tasks can be learned. Matters of the heart such as integrity, honesty, compassion, etc. are much more crucial. The lack thereof often results in ministry casualties. Our mobile recruiting staff at City Team identified these key ingredients, among others, that we valued in a potential ministry volunteer. Obedient Servant s Heart Humble Self-disciplined Kind Recruit to vision and passion.
Passion is a much greater motivation than programs, as are ministry burdens over buildings.
Some of the most effective persuasive recruiters are those with the ability to cast vision, articulate a dream, and tap into the burdens of peoples hearts and hopes for ministry. Job descriptions then follow as the means of accomplishing the vision. Ministry in churches and para-church organizations alike is all about investing our lives in people, reaching the lost, discipling men, women and children, to the glory of God. The Moody Bible Institute exists to equip and motivate people to advance the cause of Christ through ministries that educate, edify and evangelize. Little burden, little success.