First Compassion by Design Coaching Group Wrap Up

It has been my great privilege to walk along side a group of church planters over the past year as they “plant by serving.”  That term refers to the process of intentionally growing churches in which the first touch on the community is about listening through needs assessment, and the reputation of the church grows through a season of service that starts even before the church launches– all of which builds a missional DNA into the fabric of a new church from the beginning. We have spent time together in person on several dozen phone conferences being challenged and being real about what it takes to create a church where the heart of Jesus for service is part of the core of our church.  We are wrapping up the first group, and have completed the first quarter with the second group.

One of the planters said: “Thanks for doing this group, it has been really helpful to me in processing what God’s called us to do.”

It has been rewarding for me to walk with these courageous men as we have discovered some important things together about how to plant a different kind of church.

Big thanks to Stadia and Todd Wilson for helping to support this group coaching process.  Over the next year we will shift to using Shapevine tools with online meetings and materials, and we will be certifying our first coaches so that I am not the only one leading groups.

Stay tuned as we share some of the audio clips from these times together.