Evangelism Coach

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While at the Mt. Vernon Evangelism Dunamis,  I had the opportunity to visit with some elders of the Deming Presbyterian Church in Northwest Washington State (Acme WA), with about 15-25 people in worship.

Here is what one of the elders had to say [edited for spacing and readability]:

On the evening we and other church elders met with Chris Walker, he was able to provide new insight and confirm existing notions about reaching our community for Christ.

His taking the time to first hear about our church profile and current state of evangelistic activities before offering input was encouraging and helped make the title of Evangelism Coach fitting for Chris. He then proceeded to offer direction that was both appropriate and doable.

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Chris also drove home some great points we all could benefit from :

• Seek the face of God when we pray; we want to follow His will not our program.
• When we meet as a group to seek the will of God, save the brainstorming until after significant time is spent in group prayer.
• Once an inventory of community needs is taken, know that no church can meet them all. Ask the Lord to direct the church to which needs it is called to minister to.
• Do ministry with the stamp of Jesus clearly visible. It needs to be publicly proclaimed that our work is empowered by the love for others that flows from Jesus, through us and into the lives of others.
• Get out! These Post-Christendom times require us to get out of our building and into the community.

The following Sunday morning in our Adult Study time, after inviting our Lord’s leading, we had discussion about our mutual desire for our little church to become more connected to our community.

Next thing we knew we were inspired by an idea . . . . .

To conclude, I would say that Chris is about delivering the truth in a way that emulates how Jesus does it: He turns our attention and hope toward our Father.

Grateful,

Bruce Burke

Could you benefit?

Do you want a similar coaching session with your church outreach team or leadership team?

This type of meeting can be conducted via conference call and is travel free. 

There is an expense for my time, but this church pastor said it was worth every penny to see his elders re-energized!

See Church Leadership Coaching Session to schedule your call and find some fresh ideas.  Risk free.

Last week, I completed the first step towards obtaining a certification in Christian Coaching from Valwood Coaching, part of the Hollifield Leadership Center.

The Introductory Course in Christian Coaching

VALWOOD Christian Leadership Coaching is a highly structured, biblically grounded process aimed at providing the tools to 21^st century Christian leaders to enable them to help congregations “be” and “do” those things to which God has called them. 

The certification process began with an Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching Learning Experience. This learning experience focuses on helping participants who work in situations of Christian leadership to experience coaching and discover ways to use it in their work with congregational leadership.

In the future, I will continue with certification. To complete the certification process a participant must:

• Take part in a three-day Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching Learning Experience.
• Attend a three-day Establishing A Dynamic Coaching Relationship Learning Experience.

These classes are scheduled sometime in the Spring of 2009.  My calendar did not permit the November classes.

What then is Evangelism Coaching?

The big idea to keep in mind is that coaching differs from mentoring, consulting, or even counseling.

• Coaching concentrates on where individuals are now and what they are willing to do to get where they want to be in the future. 
• Consulting provides the solution from the consultant’s knowledge base. They are the subject matter experts and are looked to for solutions.
• Mentoring focuses on the individuals and life development while coaching focuses on the performance and is task oriented

Thus Evangelism Coaching is me helping you think through where you are now and helping you discover where you want to go and how you want to get there.

Do you want to take the next step?

Consider taking some Christian Evangelism Coaching.  Read Do You Need Evangelism Coaching?