I've written a few blogs over the years about forming, developing, equipping, empowering, and training your team. I've even talked about recruiting and growing your team. All of this is good, but I wanted to bring up something many of us within the church unfortunately leave out of the plan—discipleship. Some of you are wincing … Continue reading Discipling Your Team
Equipping and Empowering Your Team
One of the most important things we are called to do is pull others into ministry, equip them, and empower them to be used by God. The truth, though, is that we have limited bandwidth. So we need to rethink our organizational structure to add more voices and high capacity people. Then we need to … Continue reading Equipping and Empowering Your Team
10 Tips for Managing Your Student Ministry Volunteer Team
If we are truly going to make an impact on the teens in our community, we cannot do it alone. We need a team. But how do we put together a team, and what do we do with them? I've previously written up a list of tips on how to recruit a great team. Let's … Continue reading 10 Tips for Managing Your Student Ministry Volunteer Team
How to Recruit a Great Student Ministry Team
I need more volunteer leaders! Haven't we all been there in ministry? I frequently see questions about recruiting in my various youth ministry communities. Questions like: How do I build a team? How do I get more people to join our team? How to I get the right people on our team? How do I … Continue reading How to Recruit a Great Student Ministry Team
Thank Your Team
This week, I mailed off a handful of handwritten thank you cards to our team. And before you start thinking about telling me I did a good job, I need to tell you they weren't written by me. They were written by someone in our church that has no direct ties to our student ministry. … Continue reading Thank Your Team
The Student Ministry Podcast – The Importance of Team with Chase Snyder (Episode 17)
In episode 17 of The Student Ministry Podcast, I interview Chase Snyder, who currently serves as the Family Pastor at Valley Grove Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN, where he leads multiple teams. He also blogs at Ministry Bubble, has written a couple books, and has his own publishing company. One of the things Chase is passionate about is … Continue reading The Student Ministry Podcast – The Importance of Team with Chase Snyder (Episode 17)
Building the Team
A couple weeks ago, I got a chance to chat with a college student, who was just hired as a part-time youth minister. He began asking about the "Orange" family ministry philosophy we have jumped into here at RCC, but the discussion turned to more over time. Before long, I found myself actually providing wisdom … Continue reading Building the Team
Steve Cullum 