Archive for July 2009
In the Spring of 2007, I asked for “Coaching” to be put on the agenda a week prior to our next senior pastoral staff meeting. Then I got really scared. My colleagues on the senior staff knew I was into this “new coaching thing,” but it was still just my thing that I had been getting trained on and theorizing about a lot. I was fearful that they would not take me seriously. But then something wonderful happened...
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Posted in Coaching Ministry Leaders - Guest Posts by Michael Warden Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Benefits of Coaching, Communication, Leadership |
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Once on the dance floor, the instructor turns to me and presents the frame for our dance. He explains that I must both press in and lay back - rest - in his hold. It is the tension of this shape and my trust in him that allows us to communicate. The same is true with the Lord; it is in the drawing near to Him that He draws near to me. Then I know Him, His purposes and His ways.
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Posted in Coaching Women - Guest Posts by Kimberly Dinsdale Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Asking, Personal Growth |
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Three coaches are walking down the street. The first one says, “Windy, isn’t it?” The second one says, “No, it’s Thursday!” The third coach one says, “So am I. Let’s go to Starbucks.”
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Posted in Coaching Women by Kimberly Dinsdale Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Listening |
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Church planters that are coming from a different culture or nationality must always begin with the end in mind; that they are not going to be the long-term pastor of the church. The goal is…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Church Growth, How To... |
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In the last week (even though I'm on sabbatical) several exciting coaching opportunities came my way. They weren't so much chances for me to use my own skills, make money or accomplish something, but to connect others to the opportunities they needed to fulfill their calling. I get fired up when I have a chance to connect people and opportunities in a way that helps them succeed.
Unfortunately, in all these cases I didn't know how to make the connection. One individual had an opportunity for coaches who work with parents and teens to write about what they were doing. Another was coaching in New Zealand and not seeing a lot going on with coaching there--I'm sure it would have been a great encouragement to connect him with other leaders in his nation with the same passion...
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Posted in Featured Content by Tony Stoltzfus Jul 6th, 2009 |
Tags: Coaching Community, Networking and Referrals |
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How important is it to get your Pastor's blessing up front if you hope to start a coaching ministry in your church? It's IMPERATIVE!! It is not wise to try to introduce something as life-changing and paradigm-busting as coaching to a congregation without the Senior Pastor's agreement. But "selling" coaching to your pastor is not a job for the faint-of-heart. It can be a very challenging business.
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Posted in Coaching and the Church Guest Posts by Russ Rainey Jul 6th, 2009 |
Tags: Church, How To..., Marketing |
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Do you feel like you've messed some things up with your kids? Does their life seem to give evidence that you were too hard on them, too lenient, too something because they aren't living the life you dreamed for them? Is your relational connection strained? Do you wish you could go back and do some things differently?...a Christian Coaching approach to relationship can give you a way to repair, strengthen and protect a loving relationship with your kids, starting today.
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Posted in Family Coaching Center Guest Posts, Parent Coaching - Guest Posts by Jeff Williams Jul 4th, 2009 |
Tags: Family, Parenting |
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An important principle in pioneer church planting is reproducibility. Missionaries coming in may bring with them methods, techniques, resources, or equipment that can facilitate the starting of a new church. However if the local culture…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 3rd, 2009 |
Tags: Church Growth, How To... |
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Brian Rhen, pastor at Peninsula Covenant Church near San Franciso, is patiently working with his church to become a coaching culture by adding coaching to the overall people development process - that is, training both staff and volunteers in coaching skills and then encouraging them and holding them accountable in the practice of these new skills.
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Posted in Coaching and the Church by Russ Rainey Jul 1st, 2009 |
Tags: Church, Church Growth, Coaching Community, Discipleship |
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In our goal to coach missionaries, raising support is perhaps the biggest obstacle. We could name all kinds of fears that scare us away. What we really need is a paradigm shift and the essence…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 1st, 2009 |
Tags: Money, Resources and Materials |
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