Designing a Volunteer Leadership Development Strategy For First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia

Designing a Volunteer Leadership Development Strategy For First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia

Johnathan L. Carr

The purpose of this project was to design a volunteer leadership development strategy for First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia. First, the project director conducted an internal audit to determine a leadership profile of First Baptist Church. Second, the project director explored literature in the field of leadership development. He prepared an annotated bibliography and summary of best practices. Third, the project director led a group of selected leaders through a strategy planning retreat and developed a volunteer leadership strategy. Fourth, the project director presented the strategy to the pastor and Administrative Committee for approval. The implementation of the strategy
was outside the scope of this project. This final project report details the project director’s process to develop the volunteer leadership development strategy for First Baptist Church Thomasville.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

United States

Doctor of Ministry

D.Min. Project

English

2023

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