The Volunteer Playbook: A proven framework to help your church recruit, train, and empower more volunteers

by Nick Blevins

Are you tired of never having enough volunteers?

Are you overwhelmed by the challenge of leading a ministry without having enough time to work on it to make it better?

Do you want to build a healthy volunteer culture that will help your ministry and your church thrive?

The Volunteer Playbook will give Most churches have a volunteer problem. That problem is holding back their ministry and their church. The trouble is, it's not one problem. It's a collection of issues that all have a negative impact on volunteerism in your church.

Run the plays outlined in the book, and you can turn volunteerism from a frustration to fuel for your ministry.

272 pages, Paperback

Published April 17, 2023

Reviews

[Jodie Slongo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Volunteer Playbook is one of the most practical leadership books I’ve read for ministry. What I appreciated most was how actionable it is. Each section ends with checklists that give you clear next steps, which makes it easy to actually implement what you’re learning instead of just reading about it.
The book almost feels like taking a class. Nick Blevins walks through volunteer systems step by step with clear guidance, starting from the ground up and building a framework that any church can follow.
Whether you're brand new to leading volunteers or you’ve been serving in kids ministry for years, this book has something valuable to offer. It’s informative, easy to follow, and incredibly practical. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to strengthen their volunteer culture and build a healthier ministry team.

[Josh Trice · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fairly helpful "playbook" to organize and stabilize volunteer outreach in a church setting. It is more tailored to larger churches (500+ weekly attendance), but most of the opening frameworks can be applied anywhere.