Eddy Alemán Email: eddy.aleman@ @erc.la Languages spoken: English, Spanish Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan I value coaching as a great resource for church planterss in the field. I have coached many church planters and have been coached myself. I believe that coaching is a must for every leader. type: Church planter coaching phone Hobbies: Reading and walking Jeff Boersma Email: jeff@discoverycoachingservices.com Location: Spring Lake, Michigan I have been coaching for 15 years and have been served by four different coaches myself. I have coached business leaders, senior pastors, staff pastors, and lay leaders. I have also coached parent churches and church planters. I have coached churches and church councils. My 26 years of ordained ministry experience includes roles as senior pastor, co-pastor, and church planter. provides a powerful source for clarity, courage, and accountability. The foundation of content-neutral coaching: asking powerful questions, practicing attentive listening, and leaving room for silence-combined with specialized training for planters and parent churches is the combination I bring into coaching. is a great honor because it allows the coach to serve others who are the experts in their own life and context. is an exciting process in which God's power and the Holy Spirit's leading are released in the context of a small Christian community. helps planters and parent churches discover God's agenda for an area of life or ministry and help that agenda become a reality. Other certifications: Advanced Certified Coach- Coachnet phone; Skype, Google+ hangout, or other web- based conferencing DiSC assessment results: High D, Highest I, low S, averagee C Hobbies: Reading, exercising, skiing (all varieties)
Fred De Jong Email: fredadejong@ @gmail.com Languages spoken: English Location: Plainfield, Illinois I am a certified church planter coach and have been certified for more general coaching as well. I have formally and informally coached pastors, staff, and lay people in a variety of churchh settings (CRC and RCA). I myself have been coached for more than five years. I have a relational style, applying spiritual discernment to help a coachee assess his or her situation, identify goals, and develop strategic stepss to achieve desired outcomes. Along the way, I provide personal encouragement and spiritual support. type: Church planter coaching and coachingg for churches that want to becomee more missional or that want to work on general pastoral and churchh effectiveness challenges. offered: face-to-face, phone, video calling Meyers-Briggs result: ENTJ (Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) Hobbies: Running, golf, reading be determined between the coach and coachee Doug Evenhouse Email: pastordoug7@ @gmail.com Location: Eldridge, Iowa (Davenport/Quad Cities area) Languages spoken: English I was a commercial and residential supervisor for waste management for 13 years prior to becoming a pastor. I was trained regularly in the the Refuse Truck Driver curriculum and various corporate seminars. I havee experiencee in youth ministry and college ministry, served as an associate pastor for three years, and have been a church plant pastor since 2006. I have mentored other church plant pastors and all the leaders and staff at my current church. I value being Spirit led in coaching I m focused on helping people discern God s direction for them and their ministry. My approach is also relational. I want to get to know the people I am coaching in order to pray for, encourage, and challenge them in whatever God is calling them to do. I help the people I coach discover God s direction and develop a process to achieve goals throughh S.M.A.R.T. goals and action steps. I use CoachNet, storyboards, and other resourcess and experiences as coaching tools. type: Church planter coaching phone, video calling
DiSC assessment result: An even blend of dominant, inspiring, supportive, and cautious Meyers-Briggs result: ESFJ (Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging) Hobbies: Biking, disc golf, fishing, reading, and listening too music. I am passionate about my grandkids, cooking out on the grill, playing bags or cornhole, and the Chicago White Sox. If I had more time and resources, I would kayak, camp, andd hike in the woods more often. be determined between the coach and coachee Mike Hayes Email: mike@citychurchsf.org Location: San Francisco, California I have been involved in coaching relationships for 20 years, both coaching church planters and being coached. A careerr of 25 years in church planting and church plant supervision has given me a good sense of what questions to ask church planters and parent churches so that they may discover for themselves the goal-focused Church Leader Inventory and Church Leader Spouse Inventory (CLI/CLSI) coaching offered: Phone; Skype, Google+ hangout, or other web-based conferencing DiSC assessment results: The "Classic Creative" High D, Moderat I, Low S, High C next steps best suited for their competencies, passions, and ministry context. Other certifications: Hobbies: Fly Fishing, golf, trekking Ben Ingebretson Email: beningebretson@gmail.com Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Experience: Over 10 church planters. Over 10 revitalization pastors. Over 10 parent congregation leaders. Over 10 years of coaching experience with leaders in the RCA, CRC and UMC. type: Church planter coaching, revitalization coaching, parent church coaching
offered: Any or all offered. Prefer a face to face or Google hangout for initial sessions. DiSC assessment results: disk, I-D Hobbies: running, biking, sailing, kids and family stuff, tennis, travel Gary Jarvis Email: garyjarvis@southblendon.org Location: Hudsonville, MI I have been coaching small group leaders, ministry leaders, church leaders, planters, and parent churches for the past six years. I have had experience coaching about 35 different people and groups throughout that time. I have also trained about 18 coaches for the local congregation, and I have been certified by CoachNet to train coaches for parent churches and church plants. Skype, Google+ hangout, or other web-based conferencing DiSC assessment results: CS Hobbies: Baseball, softball, hiking Ruth Kelder Email: rkelder@crcna.org Languages spoken: English Location: Joliet, Illinois (Chicago area) I have coached ministry leaders and those who lead discipleship ministries for the past 15 years. During this time, I have also coached many leaders, leadership teams, and teachers using Gallup s StrengthsFinder approach. My years as a church planter spouse and serving on staff in two church plants have given me an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities church planters face. During coaching, both the coach and coachee have one ear turned toward the other and one toward the Holy Spirit in order to discernn the Spirit s direction.
engages the art of listening and askingg great questions with a goal of empowering the leader. The coacheee sets the agenda for each session and leaves the session with defined action steps. Church planters are coached using the church planting storyboard. All are coached according to the natural strengths and talents God has equipped them with (StrengthsFinder). type: Church planter coaching, ministry leader coaching,, discipleshipp strategy coaching, StrengthsFinder coaching Other certifications: Spiritual director, StrengthsFinder coach phone, video calling StrengthsFinder results: Maximizer, futuristic, activator, arranger, developer Hobbies: Biking, traveling to visit kids and grandkids, gardening, exploring Chicago, being addictedd to Starbucks be determined between the coach and coachee Roger Peterson Email: roger@tularecommunitychurch.com Location: Tulare, California I coach about 32 men and women on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I have been coaching planters for the past seven years. I have also continuously been coached for the last seven years. I have been coaching for 35 years altogether. Encouragement and dialogue phone; Skype, Google+ hangout, or other web- based conferencing Hobbies: Studying Bible commentaries
Jim Poit Email: drjimpoit@gmail.com Location: Gilbert, Arizona I have many years experience mentoring church planters and pastors of churches that plant other churches; however, I am new to being an officiallyy trained coach for the RCA. I have been officially coached for only the past six years, but I have had mentors during my entire twenty years of ministry. type: parent churches phone; Skype, Google+ hangout, or other web- based conferencing DiSC assessment results: Counselor Hobbies: Running, hiking, kayaking, cycling, sailing Randy Weener Email: rweener@rca. org Language spoken: English Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan I have coached over 25 people in the past ten years. I have been consistently coached for the past ten years by qualified, trained coaches. Trust the Holy Spirit to be an active agent in the relationship. Content-neut tral as much as possible; content-rich as appropriate. Coachee sets the agenda in advance to allow the coach to pray and prepare Use CoachNet and storyboards as coaching tools. Each session ends with clear, measurable action steps. type: Church planter, parent church and KEZ leader coaching phone/facetime Meyers Briggs: INTJ Hobbies: Biking, kayaking, gardening, music, backpacking/camping, traveling
Mary Ann Wierks Email: bmawierks@gmail.com Location: Holland, MI I have been coaching candidates from threee different ethnic groups for Commissioned Pastor as well as coaching church planters. I have also done life coaching. In ministry I have been both a new church planter and a new church parent pastor. type: Church Planters offered: Face-to-Face, Skype, telephone or other Web based conferencing. DiSC assessment results: DI Hobbies: Biking, swimming, scuba diving, powered paragliding, traveling and reading to grandchildren.