You don't learn how to ride a bicycle by listening to lectures, watching videos, and taking a test. You have to get on a bike and figure it out. 

So many things in life are like that. Driving a car, playing an instrument, swimming in a pool, speaking a foreign language, baking a cake, or playing spicy Uno. 

Knowledge helps. Information and instruction can prepare us well. But some things can't be really learned unless we do them. 

Leading others is one of those things. Learning to lead requires some instruction, of course. But there is no substitute for being in a position where you have to lead when it comes to developing as a leader. 

For the past 22 years our leadership development strategy could be summed up in one simple phrase: we let students lead. 

Yes, we teach them how to lead and we train them in leadership. We want to prepare them as well as we can. We believe students can lead, and we know that they will learn how to lead much faster if we throw them into leadership opportunities. 

With proper preparation, intentional mentoring, and a suitable environment students can develop into Christ-like leaders at an early age. 

Who do you know that needs this challenge? 
These are great opportunities to challenge leadership students. We partner with churches to develop the leadership potential in students so we can send them back to as servant-leaders in the local church. 

Please consider pointing some students to one or more of these opportunities. 

Launch Crew at Launch Box

Our Launch Box weeks (mission trips here in Texas) have become a fantastic entry point into leadership development. Students sign up to serve on the Launch Crew, they come in early to receive training, and then they lead in a variety of ways throughout the week. There are different roles to match different gifts and abilities as well. 

2023 Dates
March 5-10 - Dallas
March 12-17 - Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Dallas
July 9-14 - Houston

For more info about serving on Launch Crew, click here. 

You can also email Bailey Sanderford if you have questions. 


Field Leadership Team - FLT

Students can serve alongside our missionary partners in key locations on what we call the FLT (Field Leadership Team). These students are leadership interns with the missionaries and they specifically help lead the other teams that come to work in those locations throughout the summer. 

With all countries opened up again and students ready to travel, our need for FLT will be big next summer. This is an amazing learning experience, and FLT trips are typically about 4 weeks in length. They are open to college students and high school students with missions experience. 

Locations for 2023
New York City               Japan
Honduras                      Germany

Dates - June 10-July 13 in all locations

To apply for any of our FLT positions, click here. 

For more info about these and other opportunities, visit our trips page. 

For specific questions, email Ann (FLT Trip Coach). 


Jimmy 2023

The mobilization side of missions is crucial to the overall work as well, and our summer interns called Jimmy serve alongside the iGo staff to help us train and send out our teams. Jimmy interns get to serve in a variety of ways and they are challenged to lead in many areas such as Launch Box, Base Camp, recruiting, and Dwell Camps. 

You can apply to be a 2023 Jimmy right here. 

Not only is Jimmy a great leadership learning experience, but Jimmy is considered iGosian royalty for life. It is also a paid internship. 


                     Jimmy 2022 = iGosian Royalty


Your partnership with us at iGo enables us to invest this way in the next generation. Your support helps us train our leadership students and keeps their costs lower so we can develop more servant leaders. Thank you so much for your faithfulness and generosity!