The Coaching Page
What is Coaching?"Coaching is the process of coming alongside a person or team to help them discover God’s agenda for their life and ministry, and then cooperating with the Holy Spirit to see that agenda become a reality. Coaches come alongside to help, just as Barnabas came alongside Paul, and then Paul came alongside Timothy and others. By encouraging and challenging others, coaches empower them for ministry. Barnabas may never have been in the starring role, but without him many others would not have been able to accomplish the great things for God that they did. Through his investment in people, his impact was exponential." Why Coaching?"The goal of coaching is helping someone succeed. And what is success? It’s finding out what God wants you to do and doing it. Given that definition, success will certainly look different on different people or groups, but it will all be tied into accomplishing biblical mission. Far from a top-down program designed to accomplish pre-conceived ends, coaching empowers each individual believer to listen to the Spirit and act in accordance with the mission they sense God calling them toward. Coaching is essentially listening to the Spirit and taking action accordingly." from "Raising and Multiplying Quality Coaches" by Robert E. Logan with Tara Miller, CoachNet® International Ministries, p. 1. |
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