Bridge App Allows Churches to Cope With Pandemic Challenges
Local churches are utilizing The Bridge App for live-streaming services, accepting offerings, and managing and tracking attendance.
Local churches are utilizing The Bridge App for live-streaming services, accepting offerings, and managing and tracking attendance.
The Bridge App, available to Canadian churches through CRCNA Ministry in Canada, has a number of features that can assist churches during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your church may not have video recording or streaming capability, but there are some simple solutions for sharing Sunday's sermon during this time when worship services are suspended.
The DIRECTORY function in The Bridge App can help to connect your church's members, and the photo feature is a great way to make new members feel at home.
What does ‘operational oversight’ look like among the ministry staff in your congregation? How do you decide the salary for any given position?
Members and regular guests may know the personal email addresses of the ministry leaders in your church. But for those who visit your website looking for a means of contact, what first impression are you sending?
If your church has prepared a communication plan/strategy, would you be willing to share it?
What software program is your church using to manage and schedule your various volunteers?
Recently LifeWay’s Todd Adkins, Daniel Im, and Eric Geiger (hosts of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast) released five episodes specifically related to recruiting volunteers in churches. Here are some of the highlights!
This Christianity Today article by Calvin C. Ratz explores what it takes to have newcomers stay connected to your congregation.
Fifty ideas on how to connect with your local community .
Although each church is unique, there are a few things all churches have in common, one of which is the challenge of finding ministry volunteers.
View sample job descriptions for elders and deacons that can be modified to suit the specific needs, priorities and circumstances within your congregation.
No longer can we simply ask, “What can we do to get people to come to our church?” We must also consider, “How can we go into the world to encounter those in need of the gospel?”
Pastor Carey Nieuwhof shares ten ways your church can be involved in the unique opportunity to reach people at Christmas.
If your congregation is still wrestling with the question of whether or not to require background checks, here are a few guidelines to help you through the evaluation process.
Leading volunteers to use their energy and gifts to serve the local church can be a tremendously rewarding experience. The following articles may be able to assist you in your leadership role.
Disengaging a volunteer can be a delicate and challenging situation for ministry leaders, but the following articles may give you some guidelines and advice.
In order to assist you in developing an effective Volunteer Engagement Strategy, ServiceLink has prepared the attached document outlining 13 Tips for Engaging God's People in Ministry.
Attached is a Ministry Evaluation form tool that was developed by one church to assist in evaluating their ministry programs by gathering feedback from volunteer ministry leaders.
ServiceLink has prepared a series of downloadable documents that can assist you in creating job descriptions for a variety of volunteer ministry positions.
The articles linked below can provide you with ideas and information for recruiting volunteers to serve in the ministries of your congregation.
The articles linked below can provide you with ideas and information for the orientation and training of your church’s volunteers.
The articles linked below can provide you with ideas and information for creating a more rewarding environment for your church’s volunteers.
To assist your congregation with strategizing and training for effective volunteer engagement, ServiceLink has prepared this series of articles exploring various aspects of volunteer engagement.