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Recruiting church volunteers is exciting and challenging. When you find great volunteers, keeping them matters. That means showing appreciation, offering incentives, and—most importantly—making it easy for them to succeed in their roles.
With the right tools, you can do just that!
Utilize your church app to communicate clearly, stay organized, and connect people to go from being “aware” of volunteer opportunities to “actively serving.”
By using technology your volunteers already rely on, you reduce friction, increase engagement, and help them feel supported and confident in their roles.
Here are three practical ways to use your church app to increase volunteer involvement in your community.
Your app acts as a central hub for everything related to your church. Volunteer opportunities won’t get lost in crowded inboxes or competing social feeds. They’re easy to find in the same place your congregation already connects, gives, and watches sermons.
Ensure your church app creates a clear space for information about serving, so volunteers don’t have to hunt for ways to get involved.
Whether it’s a dedicated app tab, a temporary banner, or a targeted push notification, this keeps communication clear, relevant, and top of mind and makes it much easier to say “yes” to getting involved at your church.
Pro Tip: With Subsplash Tap, you can use Tap Discs & Stands placed strategically around your church—like in the lobby, near classrooms, behind seats, or at info desks—to instantly direct people to the volunteer section of your church app!
One of the biggest barriers to volunteering is complexity. Many churches rely on email to share volunteer information, but over 30% of emails even get opened. As a result, many never see the opportunities your church promotes, and those who do must rely on clunky back-and-forth communication.
That’s where your church app saves the day and simplifies the process—for both staff and volunteers.
The best church apps are seamlessly connected to your other church tech tools, making it easy to:
Clear next steps and relevant, easy-to-find information remove confusion and help more people step into serving.
With volunteer management on the Subsplash Platform, you can empower your community to volunteer while freeing church staff to focus less on logistics and more on discipleship and Kingdom impact.
Volunteers don’t just receive tasks—they become part of a connected community working toward a shared purpose.
After using your Next Steps class to discover and encourage people in their giftings, it’s important to help them know how special their role is. Your dedicated spaces for serving opportunities provide compelling stories, testimonies, pictures, and other inspiring content.
Within your church app, you can:
People serve where they feel connected and valued. Groups & Messaging on the Subsplash Platform is perfect for building that sense of belonging. This strategy transforms your volunteer ecosystem from a task list into a community impact, making serving feel meaningful, communal, and rewarding.
Recruiting volunteers doesn’t stop at sign-ups—it’s what happens after someone raises their hand that determines whether they actually serve and stay engaged. That’s where Subsplash Workflows becomes a powerful addition to your volunteer strategy!
Workflows allow churches to organize common processes and follow-ups across their ministry—including volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and anything else!—all without adding more work for your staff.
With Workflows, admins can use a drag & drop, board-and-card style organization with color-coded steps, checklists, due dates, assignees, and notifications. This visual organizational tool allows your team to customize, categorize, and track based on your needs.
People are more likely to serve when they feel connected, valued, and informed. Your church app is the place where volunteers can thrive, manage schedules, and stay up-to-date.
On top of that, church volunteer coordinators and staff can use their church app to communicate efficiently, easily, and as quickly as possible—all from their phones!
Ministry grows where communication is simple, service is accessible, and connection is real. [.blog-contact-cta]Schedule a free demo today [.blog-contact-cta] to learn more about simplifying volunteer recruitment and management with a church app.
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