Posted By allen on April 29, 2010

Trained Volunteer Presenter – These 3 words have been written across the top of my scratch pad at work for almost a week now. I wrote them there after seeing them in one of our company newsletters that was talking about an upcoming luncheon. The article said that the program would be conducted by trained volunteer presenters.

That started me thinking…

How many of the volunteers in our church that teach Sunday school, midweek groups, children’s church, etc could be accurately and truthfully labeled with this title?

I am aware of many churches that have excellent ongoing training programs for their teachers and leaders. I am fairly certain that for every church that has this training, there are at least two or three that have poor or no training program.

Why?

If the secular society sees a need to train their volunteers, why is the church not providing quality training for theirs?

If people doing a presentation about water filter systems are trained (not picking on them), then why shouldn’t our people that present the story of Jesus and His plan for us be trained just as well?

Any salesman will tell you that a poor presentation will make a sale difficult.

My challenge to you is this —

• If your church does not have a practical, quality program in place to train your teachers, start developing one now.
• If your church does have a training program in place – that is GREAT! But, after congratulating yourself a little, take some time to evaluate it and see if it can be improved.

I would like to see every teacher in the church honestly classified as a Trained Volunteer Presenter.

** I suggest that we take this idea one step further. Not only should those who teach in the church be trained, but also those that share the Gospel with others outside the church.

Categories: uncatergorized
Tags: challenge, excellence, growth, outreach, training, volunteers