Commitment and Accountability

If there is one thing that will make our ministry great, it's dedicated volunteers. Not just adult chaperones who hold up a wall and make an authoritative presence. I'm talking about leaders who are the very front line for relationships with students, in many cases they are the pastor to students that I may never get to build relationships with. For the longest time I have fell to the misconception that you can't hold volunteers accountable because at the end of the day, they're not receiving a paycheck. The volunteers in our ministry shouldn't be threatened by accountability, the should crave it. We should clearly state the expectations for the volunteers in our ministry and those expecatation should be birthed out of the vision God has placed in our hearts. If there is no standard by which to measure, then accountability will never happen, and there will definitely be no room for excellence. We need to set the bar, but we must guard the bar and that happens through accountability, it creates a standard that everyone can live by and ensures unity in the overall vision.