I.

Recruiting
A. The art and science of recruiting
1. The science of the general public
plea.
2. The art of wooing winners
I. Recruiting
A. The art and science of recruiting
B. Who, What, When, Where How and
Why of Recruiting.
1. Who should you recruit?
2. What are you asking them to do?
3. When and Where should you recruit?
4. How should you recruit?
5. Why should you recruit?
First Who, Then What
• Biblical truth: Matt. 7: 15
– 21 – Rev. 3: 15–16 –
Luke 9: 57-62
• If we get the right people
on the bus, the right
people in the right seats
and the wrong people off
the bus, … p.41
 First Who, Then What
A. Who, What, When, Where How and
Why of Recruiting.
1. Who should you recruit?
2. Jim Collins author of “Good to Great”
on the “Who” question.
a. Matt. 7: 15 – 21
b. Rev. 3: 15–16
c. Luke 9: 57-62
First Who, Then What
• “…if you have the
wrong people, it
doesn’t matter
whether you discover
the right direction;
you still won’t have a
great company.
Great vision without
great people is
irrelevant.” P. 42
First Who, Then What
• The right people
don’t need to be
tightly managed or
fired up. P.42
First Who, Then What
• “…the ‘who’
questions come
before the ‘what’
questions – before
vision, before
strategy, before
tactics, before
organizational
structure, before
technology.” P. 45
First Who, Then What
• In a good to great
transformation,
people are not your
most important
asset. The right
people are. P.51
I. Recruiting
A. The art and science of recruiting
B. Who, What, When, Where How and
Why of Recruiting.
1. Who should you recruit?
2. Who should you NOT recruit?
3. Scripture and who we should/should
not recruit.
1. Overseers 1 Tim. 3:1-7
2. Deacons 1 Tim. 3:8-13
3. People who already show
leadership Numbers 11:16
1. What are you asking them to do?
i. Have a job descriptions

• Create a Job description for every role of

adult and student service.
s volunteers.
• share them with your
• You might start by making a list of every
ministry task done by the previous youth
pastor and ask which of these could be done
by others
1. What are you asking them to do?
i. Have a job descriptions
• Create a Job description for every role of
adult and student service.
• share them with your volunteers.
• You might start by making a list of every
ministry task done by the previous youth
pastor and ask which of these could be done
by others .
• A Youth minister should never be
caught without an answer to the question
“What can I do to help?”
Huston Heflin “The Youth Pastor” pg. 11.
1. What are you asking them to do?
i. Have a job descriptions

“ We could even provide lists of roles based on

how much time volunteers are able to commit
to the ministry, whether that be thirty minutes
a week, one hour, or more.”

Doug Fields
Your First Two Years of Youth Ministry pg. 186
1. When and Where should you recruit?
a. When:
1) Always! (You should always be about
recruiting)
1. When and Where should you recruit?
a. When:
b. Where:
1) Before, during and after church
2) Visit them
3) Invite them over
4) Invite them to see a service
1. How should you recruit?
a. Slowly
b. According to skill, not passion
c. Exposing them to the great things you
wish them to participate in.
1. How should you recruit?
a. Slowly
b. According to skill, not passion
c. Exposing them to the great things you
wish them to participate in.
d. Through your students
e. Through your volunteers
f. Through your personal invitation
g. Though serving cool-aid
h. Through Buy in to you
i. Through a public plea
1. Why should you recruit?
a. The job is to big for you

Exodus 18:18 NIV

18
You and these people who
come to you will only wear
yourselves out. The work is
too heavy for you; you
cannot handle it alone.
1. Why should you recruit?
a. The job is to big for you
b. Your job is to equip people for “works
of service”, not do them on their behalf.
c. T.E.A.M. Together Everyone
Accomplishes More
d. The best ideas won’t be yours
e. Your replacement is usually with you at
the beginning.
f. Students need variety, (not everyone is
your type, they need others who are
different from you)
II. DEVELOPING
A.Who, What, When, Where, How and Why
of Developing?
1. Who should I develop
2. What should I be developing them in?
3. When and Where should I develop
them?
II. DEVELOPING
A.Who, What, When, Where, How and Why
of Developing?
1. Who should I develop
2. What should I be developing them in?
3. When and Where should I develop
them?
4. How should I develop them?
5. Why Should I develop them?