Coaching Stories
TESTIMONIESOur church has been part of the Promise Keepers Ministry with Men Coaching since they first offered it in 2005. Since Dean has come aboard we have had regular monthly coaching sessions. This has been a very valuable time where I have been able to ask questions and bounce ideas off Dean. He has been able to make suggestions about things that he or others have done before that work. One of the greatest benefits is that he plants vision into you of how we can minister to men in the way men can understand. Having regular phone calls also makes each of us accountable.
Dean has lead us through a Men’s Survey and helped to build a team around the senior leader and myself. Using these tools we know who are the men associated with our church and now have a plan to make them into “men of significance”. Being a part of coaching is a key to the Men’s ministry at Nelson City Church of Christ and we look forward to what God has in store for us.
David Todd - Nelson City Church of Christ
As a Pastor, who is also leading the men’s ministry in our Church, I am glad that I committed myself to the Ministry with Men Coaching offered by Promise Keepers. Without it, I may not have been able to do what has been accomplished. It is good knowing that Dean will call each month and that I am being held accountable to get things done. Bouncing ideas around with someone and getting an outside perspective on things has been a tremendous help and benefit. Our men’s group has gone from strength to strength during this time and it can only get better. Thanks Dean and thanks Promise Keepers. Keep up the good work.
Brian Hagger – Victory Christian Elim
COACHING CASE STUDY
A small urban Pentecostal church signed up for Ministry with Men Coaching with PK in early 2007. Some would say that with less than 20 men in the congregation, it was an ambitious move, but with these men being only 23% of the whole adult congregation, perhaps it was a smart and timely move.
PK’s Ministry with Men Coach, Dean Comerford, set about completing a Church Profile with the pastor and the Men's Ministry leaders began completing several other tasks that set benchmarks in place for the ministry.
By working diligently on a monthly basis with the things that Dean suggested, in less than five months this church has been able to…
| • | Develop a vision for their Men’s Ministry that will help them clarify the priorities they have as they move forward. |
| • | Conduct a survey of their men to discover the spiritual state of the men and the issues they feel most passionately about. |
| • | List all of the men involved in their church, identifying which men are committed to Christ and the church and which men are somewhat on the fringe. |
| • | Begin to set up an accountable team structure that will take them into the future. |
| • | Start to identify the kind of activities and events that will help their church effectively reach and disciple men. |
If you would like to know more about how Promise Keepers’ Ministry with Men Coaching can help your church, contact Promise Keepers Coaching.
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