You can’t develop people until you locate them. Here’s how I find and identify potential leaders. Get on the offensive. If I want to recruit children’s workers I look for parents who like kids. I’m always on the lookout for people who show interest in their own kids, chances are they’d be willing to help with others’ kids as well.

Encourage your team to recruit others. Jesus allowed his team to recruit two of the twelve. I should have to say this to people in the ministry but be touchable, available, and friendly. I’m on the lookout for potential workers at church, special meetings, Starbucks, Sam’s Club, if fact I’m on the lookout for workers everywhere I go.

Identify giftings you are looking for and be watchful for people who display them. Look for people who vocationally manage people. Look within your organization for people to promote, your answer to your need for workers isn’t always someone from the outside. Pray team members in. Philippians 4:6 says “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Be specific- Make a list of what you need and want. If people were no problem where could you use a worker? Make sure you qualify all candidates. I require potential volunteers to complete an application, submit references, allow us to do a criminal background check if they are working with minors, and conduct an interview.