New! Life-on-Life Leadership

A Manual for Coaching Discipling Leaders
by Cheryl Baker and Tony Stoltzfus
120 pages, tabbed, with inside pockets
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Eight Principles of Life on Life Leadership is a practical handbook for coaching discipleship group leaders. The manual takes the eight timeless principles in the classic book, The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman, and uses nearly 100 coaching tools and exercises to help leaders apply them to small group life.

This coach's manual provides a step by step approach to coaching group leaders toward greater effectiveness. The process starts with an the leader and coach doing an assessment of group life based on Coleman's eight principles of discipleship (which cover selecting, training and reproducing leaders). The group leader chooses what to focus on and creates a growth goal in that area. Then the tools and coaching exercises in the manual are used to help move things forward. Click Here for more products from this author.

The Master Plan of Evangelism
Price: $5.99
by Roert E. Coleman
140 pages

The Master Plan of Evangelism is a classic work (over 2 million copies sold) on how Jesus recruited, trained and unleashed his disciples to further his master plan for bringing in the Kingdom. Pair it with the new Life-on-Life Leadership coaching manual to use Coleman's principles for making disciples or coaching small group leaders in your church! Coleman identifies eight key principles Jesus used (Selection, Association, Consecration, Impartation, Demonstration, Delegation, Supervision and Reproduction) to build leaders who would carry on his work.

A Pocket Guide to Coaching Small Groups

by Randall Neighbour
95 pages
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What your leaders need most is a friend... a friend who will support them in ministry and help their group achieve its goals. Without this kind of highly relational support, a small group ministry won’t grow and birth new groups.

In this quick read Randall Neighbour, a leader in the cell church movement, illustrates how to build effective relationships between small group leaders and their coaches. This pocket guide provides excellent tips for time management, preventing burnout, investing in leaders for maximum impact, and the role of the coach in developing new leaders. If your coaches embrace the simple principles found in this book, they will become the kind of coach that makes small group ministry a life-changing experience for everyone involved.

Coaching Small Group Leaders

by Les Brickman
Audio Sessions (70 minutes) plus handouts and transcriptions in Enhanced CD format
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Learn the coaching approach to caring for small group leaders with this great new CD from international cell church consultant Les Brickman of Strategic Cell Ministries. Coaching isn't just a new buzzword for mentoring or discipling: it's a whole new discipline, with a set of skills and techniques all it's own. On this CD, Les shows you three key techniques used by small group and cell coaches: pastoral care, debriefing after cell visits, and troubleshooting. After some brief input on each area, the skill is demonstrated in extended, live coaching sessions, followed by debriefing times where we discuss the coaching techniques used. It's a great way to build your coaching skills during your "drive time" in the car.

The new Coaching Essentials Series provides training in core skills for aspiring coaches or those who are already certified. They also include handouts, articles and bonus materials you can view on your computer. So take your coaching abilities to the next level with these new hands-on coaching CDs.