Jeff Cockerham is a smart guy. Not just because he invited me to train coaches in his church, but because of the way that he enlisted church members for that training. In my work with Pinnacle Leadership Associates, I train clergy and laity to use coaching principles in their congregations with the Disciple Development Coaching© process. We recently began providing a congregational model for this training and Jeff invited me to lead it at Central Baptist Church, Fountain City (Knoxville), Tennessee, in August. I was impressed by the approach that Jeff took in assembling the group for training. He sought out people in the congregation who were already invested in empowering their brothers and sisters in Christ. These were leaders in various areas of church life who are already calling out the best in others. In reality, they were already coaching other church members. So, if they were already doing this, why did they need tra...
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