5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im continue the series on recruiting volunteers with the focus on types of recruiting. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the different types of volunteer roles in the church?

* How do you recruit these different types of volunteers?

* What are the main reasons that people give for not volunteering in the church?

* How do you respond to a volunteer who doesn’t have the time?

* How do you ensure you honor the time and commitment of your volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“Even within a volunteer level there are different types of roles. Some of those are weekly or biweekly, but some are really based on trust and level of responsibility.”

“When you use your offering time as a way to cast vision for a ministry area, you can excite people about the ministry area without sounding desperate that you need more volunteers.”

“If you leapfrog your own pipeline, you don’t get an opportunity to see people develop along the way. And then they are not able to say to people they are overseeing, ‘I did this when I was in that role…’”

“There are people in the church who are not yet at a place where their heart is overwhelmed with the reality that Christ served them. And so they are not serving others, they are not going to volunteer, because they haven’t been rescued from their selfishness yet.”

“When you serve, that’s how you become more like Christ.”

“If you as a leader are overwhelmed and busy, you face the temptation of thinking everyone else is living the exact same way as you.”

“Assuming you’ve made a strong ask, if someone says they don’t have enough time, you accept it.”

“Recruiting and manipulation are not the same thing. You make the ask. You do so with passion and conviction because you believe it’s what’s best for the person.”

“When someone says no, there is always a reason behind the no.”

“Every person in your church is not going to become a pastor. There’s some that should. But if you want to change the course of your church, of your community, then the best asset you have is the person in your pew. The average attendee of your church is how you should be benchmarking the health of your church.”

“The fruit of a volunteer is another volunteer. The fruit of a leader is another leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference – Use promo code: recruitingweek to save 20% off the conference through May 29, 2018

90 Second Leadership

Ministry Grid

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im continue the series on recruiting volunteers with the focus on types of recruiting. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the different types of volunteer roles in the church?

* How do you recruit these different types of volunteers?

* What are the main reasons that people give for not volunteering in the church?

* How do you respond to a volunteer who doesn’t have the time?

* How do you ensure you honor the time and commitment of your volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“Even within a volunteer level there are different types of roles. Some of those are weekly or biweekly, but some are really based on trust and level of responsibility.”

“When you use your offering time as a way to cast vision for a ministry area, you can excite people about the ministry area without sounding desperate that you need more volunteers.”

“If you leapfrog your own pipeline, you don’t get an opportunity to see people develop along the way. And then they are not able to say to people they are overseeing, ‘I did this when I was in that role…’”

“There are people in the church who are not yet at a place where their heart is overwhelmed with the reality that Christ served them. And so they are not serving others, they are not going to volunteer, because they haven’t been rescued from their selfishness yet.”

“When you serve, that’s how you become more like Christ.”

“If you as a leader are overwhelmed and busy, you face the temptation of thinking everyone else is living the exact same way as you.”

“Assuming you’ve made a strong ask, if someone says they don’t have enough time, you accept it.”

“Recruiting and manipulation are not the same thing. You make the ask. You do so with passion and conviction because you believe it’s what’s best for the person.”

“When someone says no, there is always a reason behind the no.”

“Every person in your church is not going to become a pastor. There’s some that should. But if you want to change the course of your church, of your community, then the best asset you have is the person in your pew. The average attendee of your church is how you should be benchmarking the health of your church.”

“The fruit of a volunteer is another volunteer. The fruit of a leader is another leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference – Use promo code: recruitingweek to save 20% off the conference through May 29, 2018

90 Second Leadership

Ministry Grid

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im continue the series on recruiting volunteers with the focus on types of recruiting. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the different types of volunteer roles in the church?

* How do you recruit these different types of volunteers?

* What are the main reasons that people give for not volunteering in the church?

* How do you respond to a volunteer who doesn’t have the time?

* How do you ensure you honor the time and commitment of your volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“Even within a volunteer level there are different types of roles. Some of those are weekly or biweekly, but some are really based on trust and level of responsibility.”

“When you use your offering time as a way to cast vision for a ministry area, you can excite people about the ministry area without sounding desperate that you need more volunteers.”

“If you leapfrog your own pipeline, you don’t get an opportunity to see people develop along the way. And then they are not able to say to people they are overseeing, ‘I did this when I was in that role…’”

“There are people in the church who are not yet at a place where their heart is overwhelmed with the reality that Christ served them. And so they are not serving others, they are not going to volunteer, because they haven’t been rescued from their selfishness yet.”

“When you serve, that’s how you become more like Christ.”

“If you as a leader are overwhelmed and busy, you face the temptation of thinking everyone else is living the exact same way as you.”

“Assuming you’ve made a strong ask, if someone says they don’t have enough time, you accept it.”

“Recruiting and manipulation are not the same thing. You make the ask. You do so with passion and conviction because you believe it’s what’s best for the person.”

“When someone says no, there is always a reason behind the no.”

“Every person in your church is not going to become a pastor. There’s some that should. But if you want to change the course of your church, of your community, then the best asset you have is the person in your pew. The average attendee of your church is how you should be benchmarking the health of your church.”

“The fruit of a volunteer is another volunteer. The fruit of a leader is another leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference – Use promo code: recruitingweek to save 20% off the conference through May 29, 2018

90 Second Leadership

Ministry Grid

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im begin a series of discussions on recruiting volunteers. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Why do so many churches feel like they never have enough leaders?

* What do we mean by recruiting?

* Why is recruiting important to leadership development?

* What are some common mistakes to recruiting?

* Whose job is it to recruit volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“How do you grab people who haven’t bought into the vision of the local church to the extent that they are going to volunteer and give time to this grand mission?”

“Whatever your culture currently is, you are basically training your church to be that. If you are always looking for leaders, if you always have a dumpster fire every Saturday, it’s going to be really hard to break out of that until you can shift that mindset and that culture. Especially if you’ve chosen to buy leaders instead of build them.”

“There is a theological issue, that in some churches there has been an unhealthy view of the church over the years that if we want something done, we pay people to do it.”

“You are doing too much. Everything you do as a church has an opportunity cost. Everything you do may have been good at one time, but if it doesn’t align with the mission, and if it doesn’t align with your vision, and your strategy, then you need to cut it out.”

“Recruiting is inviting people to join a great mission. Not just to do a job.”

“You cannot experience spiritual maturity apart from using your gifts in service to Christ.”

“Recruiting is important to leadership development, because recruitment is not just about finding warm bodies. It’s not just about filling the position. You have to recruit them toward the vision of the ministry, but then you have to develop them.”

“If you recruit them, and it’s not just about a warm body, but you’re continuing to develop and equip them and develop them in their competencies then they are going to continue to grow with you.”

“Recruitment paints a big picture that there’s a mission, and if a mission is big enough it’s going to require development.”

“Who I am recruiting says a lot about my ministry and says a lot about who is going to be connected to my ministry down the road.”

“The leaders that you initially bring on board will have a direct effect on who comes down the road.”

“Church planters that mentored leaders of other new churches had higher average worship attendance.”

“Church plants who had a leadership development plan saw more people make decisions for Christ.”

“Move from learner to leader to multiplier. A multiplier is somebody who is investing in someone else at that same level, bringing them in, helping them grow.”

“You want to build a culture where recruiting happens at every level.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Creating and Curating a Recruiting Culture e-book 

Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey

New Churches podcast

Newchurches.com

Pipeline Conference

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im begin a series of discussions on recruiting volunteers. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Why do so many churches feel like they never have enough leaders?

* What do we mean by recruiting?

* Why is recruiting important to leadership development?

* What are some common mistakes to recruiting?

* Whose job is it to recruit volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“How do you grab people who haven’t bought into the vision of the local church to the extent that they are going to volunteer and give time to this grand mission?”

“Whatever your culture currently is, you are basically training your church to be that. If you are always looking for leaders, if you always have a dumpster fire every Saturday, it’s going to be really hard to break out of that until you can shift that mindset and that culture. Especially if you’ve chosen to buy leaders instead of build them.”

“There is a theological issue, that in some churches there has been an unhealthy view of the church over the years that if we want something done, we pay people to do it.”

“You are doing too much. Everything you do as a church has an opportunity cost. Everything you do may have been good at one time, but if it doesn’t align with the mission, and if it doesn’t align with your vision, and your strategy, then you need to cut it out.”

“Recruiting is inviting people to join a great mission. Not just to do a job.”

“You cannot experience spiritual maturity apart from using your gifts in service to Christ.”

“Recruiting is important to leadership development, because recruitment is not just about finding warm bodies. It’s not just about filling the position. You have to recruit them toward the vision of the ministry, but then you have to develop them.”

“If you recruit them, and it’s not just about a warm body, but you’re continuing to develop and equip them and develop them in their competencies then they are going to continue to grow with you.”

“Recruitment paints a big picture that there’s a mission, and if a mission is big enough it’s going to require development.”

“Who I am recruiting says a lot about my ministry and says a lot about who is going to be connected to my ministry down the road.”

“The leaders that you initially bring on board will have a direct effect on who comes down the road.”

“Church planters that mentored leaders of other new churches had higher average worship attendance.”

“Church plants who had a leadership development plan saw more people make decisions for Christ.”

“Move from learner to leader to multiplier. A multiplier is somebody who is investing in someone else at that same level, bringing them in, helping them grow.”

“You want to build a culture where recruiting happens at every level.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Creating and Curating a Recruiting Culture e-book 

Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey

New Churches podcast

Newchurches.com

Pipeline Conference

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger, Todd Adkins, and Daniel Im begin a series of discussions on recruiting volunteers. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Why do so many churches feel like they never have enough leaders?

* What do we mean by recruiting?

* Why is recruiting important to leadership development?

* What are some common mistakes to recruiting?

* Whose job is it to recruit volunteers?

BEST QUOTES

“How do you grab people who haven’t bought into the vision of the local church to the extent that they are going to volunteer and give time to this grand mission?”

“Whatever your culture currently is, you are basically training your church to be that. If you are always looking for leaders, if you always have a dumpster fire every Saturday, it’s going to be really hard to break out of that until you can shift that mindset and that culture. Especially if you’ve chosen to buy leaders instead of build them.”

“There is a theological issue, that in some churches there has been an unhealthy view of the church over the years that if we want something done, we pay people to do it.”

“You are doing too much. Everything you do as a church has an opportunity cost. Everything you do may have been good at one time, but if it doesn’t align with the mission, and if it doesn’t align with your vision, and your strategy, then you need to cut it out.”

“Recruiting is inviting people to join a great mission. Not just to do a job.”

“You cannot experience spiritual maturity apart from using your gifts in service to Christ.”

“Recruiting is important to leadership development, because recruitment is not just about finding warm bodies. It’s not just about filling the position. You have to recruit them toward the vision of the ministry, but then you have to develop them.”

“If you recruit them, and it’s not just about a warm body, but you’re continuing to develop and equip them and develop them in their competencies then they are going to continue to grow with you.”

“Recruitment paints a big picture that there’s a mission, and if a mission is big enough it’s going to require development.”

“Who I am recruiting says a lot about my ministry and says a lot about who is going to be connected to my ministry down the road.”

“The leaders that you initially bring on board will have a direct effect on who comes down the road.”

“Church planters that mentored leaders of other new churches had higher average worship attendance.”

“Church plants who had a leadership development plan saw more people make decisions for Christ.”

“Move from learner to leader to multiplier. A multiplier is somebody who is investing in someone else at that same level, bringing them in, helping them grow.”

“You want to build a culture where recruiting happens at every level.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Creating and Curating a Recruiting Culture e-book 

Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey

New Churches podcast

Newchurches.com

Pipeline Conference

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Matt Perman, author of How to Get Unstuck. During their conversation, they discuss how theology and practicality go together.

BEST QUOTES

“You don’t have to choose between being theological and being practical. They are intended to go together.”

“I’m driven by questions about the text.”

“Let’s be God-centered in how we lead, not just come up with our own ideas.”

“There’s two main factors that determine how we spend our time. They are urgency and importance."

“We often assume that because something is urgent, it must also be important.”

“The urgent things are often times crowding out the important things.”

“The noise of urgency creates the illusion of importance."

“I’d rather do it, and do it mediocre, than not do it at all.”

“If you try to excel in 20 things, you probably won’t excel in anything at all.”

“You need to learn the skill of leading in your home. It’s not going to come automatically."

“Don’t look down on leadership. You need to learn it.”

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years not from lack of good intentions, but from lack of knowledge.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Gospel at the Center

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

Psalms 1-72 by Derek Kidner

Psalms 73-150 by Derek Kidner

Matthew by D. A. Carson

Luke 1:1-9:50 by Darrell Boch

Luke 9:51-24:53 by Darrell Boch

Christ From Beginning to End by Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum

How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich

The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Good News About Marriage by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Pleasures of God by John Piper

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Matt Perman, author of How to Get Unstuck. During their conversation, they discuss how theology and practicality go together.

BEST QUOTES

“You don’t have to choose between being theological and being practical. They are intended to go together.”

“I’m driven by questions about the text.”

“Let’s be God-centered in how we lead, not just come up with our own ideas.”

“There’s two main factors that determine how we spend our time. They are urgency and importance.”

“We often assume that because something is urgent, it must also be important.”

“The urgent things are often times crowding out the important things.”

“The noise of urgency creates the illusion of importance.”

“I’d rather do it, and do it mediocre, than not do it at all.”

“If you try to excel in 20 things, you probably won’t excel in anything at all.”

“You need to learn the skill of leading in your home. It’s not going to come automatically.”

“Don’t look down on leadership. You need to learn it.”

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years not from lack of good intentions, but from lack of knowledge.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Gospel at the Center

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

Psalms 1-72 by Derek Kidner

Psalms 73-150 by Derek Kidner

Matthew by D. A. Carson

Luke 1:1-9:50 by Darrell Boch

Luke 9:51-24:53 by Darrell Boch

Christ From Beginning to End by Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum

How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich

The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Good News About Marriage by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Pleasures of God by John Piper

Desiring God by John Piper

Systematic Theology...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Matt Perman, author of How to Get Unstuck. During their conversation, they discuss how theology and practicality go together.

BEST QUOTES

“You don’t have to choose between being theological and being practical. They are intended to go together.”

“I’m driven by questions about the text.”

“Let’s be God-centered in how we lead, not just come up with our own ideas.”

“There’s two main factors that determine how we spend our time. They are urgency and importance.”

“We often assume that because something is urgent, it must also be important.”

“The urgent things are often times crowding out the important things.”

“The noise of urgency creates the illusion of importance.”

“I’d rather do it, and do it mediocre, than not do it at all.”

“If you try to excel in 20 things, you probably won’t excel in anything at all.”

“You need to learn the skill of leading in your home. It’s not going to come automatically.”

“Don’t look down on leadership. You need to learn it.”

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years not from lack of good intentions, but from lack of knowledge.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Gospel at the Center

What’s Best Next by Matt Perman

Psalms 1-72 by Derek Kidner

Psalms 73-150 by Derek Kidner

Matthew by D. A. Carson

Luke 1:1-9:50 by Darrell Boch

Luke 9:51-24:53 by Darrell Boch

Christ From Beginning to End by Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum

How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich

The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Good News About Marriage by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhahn

The Pleasures of God by John Piper

Desiring God by John Piper

Systematic Theology...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of being a learner and daily patterns for success.

BEST QUOTES

“To be a leader is to be a learner.”

“The leader who is sitting on top of a totem pole wanting everyone to bow down to him, is detached and removed, and not only is it off-putting to those who you lead, it also is robbing you of the intellectual contributions those people you lead can make.”

“Know your own self, Your own context. You are bumping into a youth minister or a pastor. Ask them based on their expertise: What are you reading? Where are you learning?”

“Leadership is contextual. You have to know yourself, your life context, know the context in which God has called you to lead and serve. And you are having to adjust and to lead and to learn based upon that context and those contextual needs.”

“I would rather have a really big intake valve, whether it’s podcasts, books, subscriptions that I can collate quickly and cull quickly, and just knock to the side stuff that’s not helpful, than have a small tunnel and wishing I had more resources and information coming in,”

“The way God has wired me, I just kind of get up and go. I find joy in productivity.”

“Our kids have received a steady diet of confession and repentance and forgiveness from me and my wife.”

“A lot of imperfection and a lot of intentionality are the two words that define our house.”

“Take yourself less seriously, take your calling more seriously.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Ministrygrid.com

Discerning Your Call to Ministry by Jason K. Allen

Being a Christian by James K. Allen

Portraits of a Pastor 

Craig Groeschel Leadership podcast

Peter Drucker books

Presidential podcast

Malcolm Gladwell

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

For the Church blog