Dan Reiland is a coach, consultant, author, husband, father and grandfather. He brings decades of local church leadership experience to his current ministry endeavors that focus on helping leaders excel. Dan has served the local church for more than forty years including at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia where he partnered with Kevin Myers for 24 years as the Executive Pastor. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at Maxwell Leadership (Previously INJOY). Dan is best known as a leader with a pastor’s heart and a coach’s intuition. He truly loves the local church and is considered one of the nation’s most insightful executive leadership coaches and church consultants, bringing wisdom and experience to the process. Dan has written 4 books on the church and church leadership and writes a bi-weekly blog at DanReiland.com. Dan and his wife Patti have two children and three grandchildren. In his leisure time, he’s a collector of really cool guitars! If you are curious, you can check them out here!
My education at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky was one of the highlights of my life; truly a season of significant spiritual formation. Like many Asbury grads, I love that place. I have many great memories about my courses, professors and...
In my travels among churches, it seems as though the idea of recruiting is “old school” and the new wave is “releasing people into gift-based ministry.” I support that 100 percent. I certainly believe in helping people to find their way into...
Gathering, in plain language, is “collecting people.” That sounds kind of funny, but I don’t mean it like collecting stamps, baseball cards or Beanie Babies. Please don’t create a mechanical image in your head of categorizing people on the...
“Tell your boss what you think of him, and the truth shall set you free.” Unfortunately, there is just a little too much truth to this! Very few of us enjoy being evaluated, but deep down, we all want to know how we’re doing, and the team will...
In the past, I’ve dealt with the question, “How much will your people commit to”? It is based upon an assumption that people do make commitments. Today, I want to focus on practical ideas to help you cultivate your congregation’s willingness...
“What? What do you mean, ‘You’ll get more when you ask for less’?! That flies in the face of all that we know about the ‘big ask’ and challenging people to big dreams!” This was the response of a pastor when I offered a...
One church I worked with was having some financial difficulties, so we studied the budget together. I’m no financial expert by any means – I can barely calculate the tip in a restaurant – but I do understand some basic principles. One of those...
I don’t know if I should laugh or cry as I write this article. Maybe a little of both! I have made all of these mistakes over the last 20 years, but I have learned from them as well. The landscape and culture of ministry continue to change, so I still make...
One thing that troubles me when I see churches become larger is that the communities in which they serve don’t seem to change much. I’ve been asking myself why? Am I just idealistic? Perhaps even naive? I don’t think so. But if I am, I will remain...
In the business world, mergers and acquisitions area common part of the landscape. When they go well, everyone wins. When they don’t go well, fear-driven positioning, scrambling, and general panic sets in over the potential of a hostile takeover....
Churches are targets for criticism. That seems like one of the grandest of ironies. The God-ordained institution that offers the love, grace and peace of Jesus Christ gets shot at on a regular basis. Maybe it’s not so ironic, Jesus was criticized too. The...
Type a word, author name, or topic in the search bar to begin a search.