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This week, my wife, Marty, and I had the honor of attending a church planter's retreat sponsored by the Converge Northwest District and held at the beautiful Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center on the rugged Pacific coast in northern Oregon. Read on to discover just a small amount of what was seen and heard at that relaxed gathering. Maybe you and your church can learn from my observations.
Preparing for a coaching conversation begins with prayer. Coaching ministry leaders is a spiritual battle and therefore both the coach and the one being coached need the help of God. Also remember that if God doesn't show up, not as a divine observer but as an active participant through the work of the Holy Spirit, the coaching is just human effort that can, at best, offer some limited help that may be of no eternal consequence. Learn what to pray before you coach.
In mentoring, either the mentor or the one being mentored sets the agenda and the mentor provides wisdom, knowledge and skill training for the one being mentored where needed. In coaching, the person being coached sets the agenda, expectations, goals and actions, not the coach. Read on to find out more.
Change is often difficult no matter who is involved, but that change can be coached and managed if rightly understood and if help is involved. For example, conventional wisdom informs us that there are three kinds of change. All three apply to individuals, groups and organizations such as churches, districts and even denominations.