By Dan Reiland - According to Americorps, over 1 Billion people volunteer world wide. Yet, even with this strong volunteer force, and potential for more, most church leaders find that developing and retaining volunteers is one of their most difficult ongoing responsibilities. Recruiting and leading volunteer teams can be challenging, but we know that the passionate

By Dan Reiland - Conflict is inevitable but divisiveness is avoidable. How we handle human conflict determines whether the outcome is unity or division. There is great opportunity for us as leaders to improve our current cultural circumstances by using our influence wisely. I have long believed that diversity plus maturity equals strength. We don’t have

By Dan Reiland - The next generation is the future of the church, especially our upcoming young leaders. The more we invest in developing young leaders, the greater the potential and future of the church. I love that young leaders have lots of questions. They are eager to learn and serve others. And like all

by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird - A simple tool for apprenticing followers of Christ who can apprentice others. I wonder if out of reverence for Jesus being divine, we sometimes dismiss his disciple-making practices and think, Well, that’s because it’s Jesus; he’s God. Of course he’s the best people-developer in the universe. So we admire