Coaching Corner

My spiritual father once taught me that all human life is conceived in community, but develops
in solitude! True disciples are formed by Christian community and engaged in mission to the
world, but equally nurtured in daily moments (often apart and alone) abiding with their Lord .

Missional Formation Coaching echoes that same integrative vision for the Christian life - of
both worship and mission, advance and retreat, working and waiting. But it goes further, by
providing a practical application process to learning it and to  share this with others. Well worth
reading, but best practiced.

-Revd Manik Corea,

Global Executive, the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS) and Regional Team Leader for
South-East Asia

Coaching Corner

Coaching matters because everyone is unique. The purpose of coaching is to bring out that
distinctiveness in each and every one of us.

Our work in life takes on a distinctive voice only when we have something unique to offer. Most
of us conform in order to master the needed professional skills but coaching will propel you to
begin to create and offer what is uniquely yours, to put your deepest self in a particular field
and rise above technical rules.

We live in a world where success is measured by recommendations, points, scores, medals,

trophies and money, but status is not always success. Instead, coaching will push us to look
beyond and to find that hidden meaning of success: the peace of mind that is the direct result of
self -satisfaction, knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of
becoming and not trying to be better than someone else.

From my experience, hard work, determination, perseverance, talent and skill are great and will
definitely propel you forward. However, even the most gifted of us still need guidance and advice
from a professional who can be our sounding board, provide feedback and hold us accountable.
-Christina Angina,
Church Planter, Africa

Coaching Corner

In Southern Africa, there is a popular proverb: “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want
to go far, go together.” Winfield Bevins and Mark Dunwoody use this quote to and introduce us
to the particular details of the Missional Formation Coaching Model.

There really is no greater insight into the life of a church planter; we cannot do this alone. The
authors have done an amazing job of giving us theory and practice towards a different paradigm
for church planting. Melding ancient traditional spirituality with current contemporary
lifestyles, the authors seek to safeguard, protect and nurture the church planter. This is an
important and often neglected area, not readily found in current literature. I should know!

I hit burnout myself after being active in the planting of three churches and could have used the
truth and guidance of this book years ago! As we deal with so many challenges in the world,
and in the communities in which we seek to plant churches, it is essential that we internalize the
teachings found in this book.

This is a must read for those who desire to coach others. The in-depth “how-to” of doing a
“contemplative, reflective approach to coaching” is the heart of this book.

-Rev Dr Paul Siaki, missionary Anglican priest in Johannesburg, South Africa;

author of “Becoming Church Unusual”

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Coaching is a purposeful and focused relationship that encourages a healthy rhythm of

reflection and action in a leader’s life. Coaching encourages leaders in areas where they may
feel stuck or overwhelmed. With the help of the Holy Spirit, the coach’s purpose is to help the
leader get “unstuck” by active listening, incisive question-asking, resourcing and reflection.

Coaching is not telling a leader what he or she should be doing. Instead, coaching seeks to
frame situations by asking questions and inviting the leader into deeper reflection about their
life and leadership in order to bring clarity to their context by drawing out of the leader what
he/she already has inside of them.

J.R. Briggs,

Author and Coach, www.kairospartnerships.org

Coaching Corner

Coaching is not just about ministry skills or leadership techniques. It is about the pastor or
leader’s personal growth, which is then the foundation of missional leadership activity. They go
together, and both are important.

Until recently, I had not come across very many resources that integrated missional leadership
with spiritual care. But now that I’ve discovered the Missional Formation model, created by
Winfield Bevins and Mark Dunwoody, I can say: this is it. This book will help you see a way
forward.

-Greg Gobel, pastorcoach.net

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In the noisiness of today, 'Missional Formation Coaching' provides a holistic, well-grounded
approach to the transformation  and renewing of our minds as in Romans 12:2. It integrates
worship, prayer and our relationship with God into the appropriate context of coaching.

After all, coaching is not about just 'what we know.' It's about 'how we engage and apply' these
truths to our lives.

-So-Young Kang
CEO & Founder, Gnowbe Digital Learning, Singapore