One of my primary areas of focus since coming on board with NCM (Navigator Church Ministries) in the spring has been my personal training. Getting familiar with resources, processes, and training that will enable me to be effective in coming alongside local church leaders as they seek to create a disciplemaking culture within their congregations. Coaching is a significant component of this personal training.
Within NCM we have a coaching process that has been developed over a period of many years in partnership with Building Champions (www.buildingchampions.com) and Ministry Coaching International (www.ministrycoaching.org). The training takes place in the context of a reproducible coaching relationship.
My coach is Bill Mowry. Bill serves as the Great Lakes regional field director for NCM and is the author of one of our key resources, The Ways of the Alongsider. We will connect long distance every other week for the next year, as he coaches me personally and models for me how to coach others.
The coaching provided by NCM is more directive and intentional than the coaching I have seen used by others outside of NCM. It utilizes a traditional coaching process, but does so within well defined areas of focus. There is a limited version and a more comprehensive version of the coaching.
Tbe limited version focuses on a developing a life plan by developing a life mission statement and exploring with your coach seven important life areas (faith, priorities, health, family, friends, finances, and service). Each coaching session is preceded by a meaningful time of preparatory study and personal reflection. Accountability for follow through with past actions items is also an important part of the process.
The more comprehensive version is in four stages. The first stage is the development of a life plan. Stage two is the development of a vision plan, stage three the development of a ministry plan, and stage four addresses priority management.
Much of the work that I will be doing with church leaders will be conducted within a coaching framework, utilizing principles and practices I am currently learning. Please pray for me as I engage in this process. First, pray for a strong relationship to develop between Bill and myself. Second, pray that I would personally benefit from the coaching. Third, pray that I would master the reproducible aspects of the coaching and use them well in my work with church leaders.
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