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James, your concept for the inclusion of service and outreach was precisely the approach we took with our house church network in LA. Even before some in our community professed to be followers of Jesus they were serving alongside us and acting like…
March 3
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March 2
How do we Make Disciples in whatever culture we find ourselves in. Programs don't work and methods are often incomplete. There remains a process, a biblical process. What is it?
March 1
Miguel, thanks for the intriguing question. Like James, this is a topic I've discussed with several "church planters" that I'm currently coaching and the scriptural evidence we've interacted with seems to point away from the development of an organi…
January 4
Hi Trey, I agree with you that there are many untapped applications for coaching, particularly in the business world where in many instances coaching has become another word for consulting (unfortunately). Businesses have tremendous potential for ma…
January 1
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August 25, 2009
Hobby, thanks for your feedback on the CoachNet coaching philosophy. I would agree with you up to a point by saying that yes, when taken to the extreme and when followed to the letter, the 5R approach can become quite restricting over the long haul,…
August 13, 2009
Jon, Sorry about the late post. I didn't see that you posted until this past week. I appreciate your answer, it is what I was looking for. I have really appreciated the philosophy behind coaching. It is not mentoring where you provide all of the in…
August 12, 2009
@ James. I totally agree. The cultural Christianity that is prevalent in some areas of North America is quite prohibitive to the movement of disciple-making in those areas because people already consider themselves disciples by the very fact that th…
August 12, 2009
Great post James. Certainly in the Western context the church has become very institutionalized. I can't say the same for the church in Latin America, Asia, and Africa (fortunately) and knowing some people who serve around the world I would dare say…
August 12, 2009
@Chris. Great insights Chris and thanks for sharing those questions. I agree with you that approaching a conversation with an agenda is never helpful and can sometimes be harmful to a person's journey toward joining in the Kingdom way of life (not t…
August 3, 2009
Jon Van Bruggen and Hobby Chapin are now friends
August 3, 2009
Connecting with strangers in conversation is an artful form of interrupting their day. Whatever questions are used, they need to be appropriate, and not agenda driven. In other words, leading questions are just manipulative and non-genuine in my th…
August 3, 2009
Yeah, I agree with you about describing something as the "most" whatever. I should have left that out. Anyway, my development as a coach started a couple years ago when Bob Logan and I began planting house/simple churches together in LA. Our vision…
July 20, 2009
I always have a hard time saying something is the "Most" effective thing . . . But, I agree Jon, that coaching is a very missional activity. I think the future of missional leadership development is in leadership coaching. I am currently participat…
July 20, 2009

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Coaching for Evangelism

Here's a great article by friend and colleague Tom Clegg discussing the intersection of coaching and evangelism (article runs from pages 64-67). I wonder how many more of our friends, neighbors, and co-workers would be following Jesus today if we took Tom's approach of "asking" curious questions rather than sticking with our traditional approach of "telling" people about Jesus?

Posted on July 19, 2009 at 5:26pm — 4 Comments

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At 1:21pm on March 3, 2009, James Nored said…
Jon, I really like your picture. It shows your personality! :-)
At 1:21pm on March 3, 2009, James Nored said…
Jon, there are a lot of people on this site interested in outreach and mission--and potentially, coaching! We'll have to figure out some ways to partner together on this.

If you would like to start a Coachnet group here and promote it, that would be great.
At 1:19pm on March 3, 2009, James Nored said…
HI Jon. Welcome to the Missional Outreach Network! If you click on the Forum tab and go to "Getting Started," there are instructions on introducing yourself to this community and changing your photo and profile.

Feel free to join a group or discussion (see "Groups" in menu bar), invite a friend (see "invite" tab), or start your own group or discussion. It's great to have you aboard!
 
 

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