by Gary Reinecke | Oct 16, 2017 | Church Growth, Church Multiplication, Coach Training, Disciplemaking |
Collectives are focused learning intensives that take the best practices to make more & better disciples by creating the healthiest environments possible.
- Activate your vision through individualized coaching.
- Assess your framework to cultivate a movement of disciples and healthy churches by interacting with other members of the Collective.
- Apply principles in designing an action plan to implement in your context
Reason #1: Start 2018 strong
Finish 2017 in a forward looking way. Calibrate your ministry by assessing what you are doing to multiply disciples and churches. Put plan in place to start 2018 with a clear plan.
Reason #2: Raise your awareness
Learn from seasoned leaders. Consider what others are doing without a prescriptive approach. The four group sessions will give you the opportunity to interact with practitioners and then de-brief in the six coaching sessions to allow you process how the principles can be adapted to your context.
Reason #3: Take action
Allow the Lord to speak into your vision. Collectives create space for leaders to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit. When you have a new direction, thought or nuance that you wan to act on, the power of the coaching relationship will help you take action.
- Read more about the Collectives.
- Registration closes on November 10, 2017.
- Please e-mail direct with questions.
by Gary Reinecke | Oct 6, 2017 | Church Growth, Church Multiplication, Coach Training, Disciplemaking, Focused Ministry, Leader Development, Personal Development |
If not you, who?
Who do you know that has a vision to make disciples and form churches, that plant churches?
The Disciple-making Movement Collective is the perfect opportunity to be equipped with the necessary skills to catalyze this process.
I’m excited to have two world-class leaders who are co-facilitating the InFocus Collectives with me.
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Daniel B has helped catalyze 400+ Discovery Bible Studies & will be sharing principles from his experience in the Disciple-making Collective.
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Tim Vink has stewarded the movement within a denomination that has moved from 3% to 14% of churches reproducing since 2005: nationally across the evangelical landscape only 4% are reproducing churches or “Level 5” according to Exponential research.
The three environments you will experience in the collective include coaching, group interaction, and personal application.
See DISCIPLE‑MAKING COLLECTIVE for dates, times & registration click here.
See CULTIVATING MULTIPLICATION MOVEMENTS COLLECTIVE for dates, times & registration click here.
Who do you know that has a vision to catalyze a disciple-making movement?
Who do you know that is responsible for the systems contributing to the multiplication of churches?
by Gary Reinecke | Oct 3, 2017 | Church Growth, Church Multiplication, Coach Training, Disciplemaking, Focused Ministry, Leader Development, Personal Development |
Are you looking for a group to connect with to sharpen your coaching skills?
Would you like to learn how to make disciples using a coach approach?
Are you coaching leaders to catalyze a movement of multiplying churches?
Whatever is alive in Christ, multiply it. The gospel has exponential power and potential so that where we plant the full gospel message about the Bridegroom, the Bride is sure to be showing up next.
-Tim Vink
by Gary Reinecke | Aug 29, 2017 | Church Growth, Church Multiplication, Leader Development |
So far, I’ve focused on the importance of the:
- Spiritual: Discern the will of the Father, helping those you coach to do the same
- Relational: Value the other person
- Personal: Embrace your unique contribution
- Interpersonal: You can’t want something for someone else more than they want it for themselves
- Inspirational: Help people tap into their creativity
This week I shift focus to the strategic aspect of coaching.
Lesson #6 – Challenge for Clarity
There is a wonderful dynamic when a leader or team moves from:
- confusion and perhaps discouragement to agreement on an issue
- a rough idea to a vision
- good intentions to action
In coaching, the moment when shifts occur, the leader moves to greater clarity.
Let’s talk about a real situation. I was coaching a team to help them navigate their vision. One of the big components of their vision was church planting. As I facilitated the visioning process with them God was doing something that forced them to clarify – He was preparing a team to plant a church in another part of the country.
As we met it became more and more obvious. Rather than talking about some day planting a church; this team began asking an entirely different set of questions:
- Who will be going?
- What commitments will we (the parent church) ask of the team planting the new church?
- How will we communicate with the rest of the church body?
- What resources will we provide?
- How will we relate to the new church?
In this situation, the team realized that God was already at work, and the leader(s) needed to cooperate. They had a choice: would they support the work He was doing, or would they resist?
The more leaders are willing to put themselves in a posture of responding, to what the Lord wants from them, the more He asks of the leader(s) – according to their level of obedience.
Coaches can be immensely helpful. When leaders struggle to clearly see what God is doing, a coach can help clarify where they need to focus. As leaders clarify, they must be challenged to take action. Here are five tips a coach can implement to assist leaders to maintain an open posture to the Lord:
- Celebrate the “wins” (ways God is at work)
- Pray to thank God for His goodness
- Clarify current reality
- Brainstorm actions
- Challenge to take the next step
One resource I’ve found extremely helpful in clarifying vision for church planters and pastors is the vision frame. This is a great resource that defines the key components of vision. Check out Will Mancini’s book, Church Unique, for more information.
by Gary Reinecke | Apr 4, 2017 | Church Growth, Church Multiplication, Disciplemaking |
The conversation goes something like this.
Coach asks: “Who is doing effective ministry in your area?”
- Leader responds: “Everyone is struggling with the same issues.”
Coach asks: “What other models of church are you familiar with in your region or in other parts of the country?”
- Leader: “I’m not aware of other models.”
Coach asks: “Who do you know that could introduce you to a different way of doing church?”
- Leader: “I don’t know anyone.”
Coach asks: “Would you be open to learning about one leader who has an effective model?”
And the conversation continues. I use that question as a last resort so that I don’t short-change the self-discovery process. The guiding principle I follow when I provide feedback is:
- The leader must exhaust all their resources.
- There is the possibility the leader could do some real damage.
- Permission has been given by the leader to the coach.
Honestly, the temptation to give advice is always present. But I know deep down that “struggle” is the best teacher!
What do you do when you come to that juncture in your coaching? Under what circumstances do you give advice? I would love to hear what you do.
If you are interested to hear about a different approach to doing church, watch this 17 minute video with Dave Ferguson interviewing Ralph Moore. Ralph discusses some of the tensions accompanying church planting as a movement leader. Learn how a church committed to reproducing disciples, leaders and churches keeps the main thing, the MAIN thing!.
by Gary Reinecke | Mar 25, 2017 | Church Growth, Coach Training, Leader Development |
I have used self-assessments, 180’s (self + colleagues) & 360’s (self + colleagues + supervisor) for many years now. It is exciting to receive the data and process this information with leaders. Sometimes the data affirms, other times it challenges and in some situations, the information can be surprising.
Awareness is the first step to change!
Let me explain. A number of years ago I was assessing a leader’s management style to determine if he had the skill-set to take more responsibility in supervising key staff. He was an excellent speaker in a large, growing church. But was unaware that his management style was driving people away. In conversation with members of his team, they were open with their feelings which were confirmed by the data. When I administered the assessment the leader was confident his scores would reveal his expertise in empowering his team; unfortunately, it exposed glaring weaknesses in his ability to manage those around him. In fact, that assessment, along with anecdotal evidence, thoroughly convinced his boss that he was not the man for the job and eventually, led to his resignation.
This was NOT the intended purpose of the exercise, but it illustrates the power of a 360. Data does not lie – it simply is! Here are a couple of questions to determine if an instrument, like the Management Effectiveness Profile (scroll down the page to Management) could be a helpful exercise for you and those you coach..
- Have you assessed your management style?
- Have you helped those you coach, assess their management style?
- How could the Management Effectiveness Profile help people in your team or organization understand their strengths and weaknesses?
