Tag: church plant coaching

New Resources from Coachnet

Posted on October 28, 2008

Missing in America with Tom Clegg. It’s more than a seminar. It’s a process for the seeding of a missional movement. Book the start of your process today!

FREE NCD Resource! Click on the link to download a free Loving Relationships packet for Natural Church Development. It is just a taste of the many resources we have to assist you and your church for your journey down the NCD path. For help determining the next step of your NCD journey, be sure to read Jeannette Slater’s article Filling the Gaps with NCD.

Missional Coaching. Interested in a different kind of coaching, one that will help you achieve the missional goals you have for your church and community? We have a team of coaches ready to walk alongside you in your journey.

Coaching

Posted on January 10, 2008

I am currently reading Coaching 101 by Bob Logan & Sherilyn Carlton. It offers very practical advice on how to coach church planters effectively, including various coaching scenarios and helpful examples. The advice is so simple it almost dismissable, until you realize how these basic approaches to coaching are essential:

  1. Coaching is less about being an expert and more about being a support.
  2. Coaching is asking good questions, not providing great answers.
  3. When asking questions, invite, summarize, get the planter to go beyond initial answers, clarify what you think they are saying.
  4. Celebrate good stuff, press for clarity on obstacles, clarify where the planter wants to go, obtain a commitment for follow through.