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TransforMissional Coaching: Empowering Leaders in a Changing Ministry World

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TransforMissional Coaching adds to a growing collection of books on coaching in ministry. The book's unique contributions are around coaching Post-modern leaders, coaching from a holistic missional mind-set, and coaching out of character and relational authority.

Steve Ogne and Tim Roehl are long-time coaches and church planting practitioners. Over the years their coaching has shifted from those planting "come unto us" churches, to those who are post-modern and missional. Their collective experience is detailed in this treasure chest filled with ministry coaching gems.

The authors advocate a hands-on approach to coaching that is both relational and experiential. A coach is not an advisor-teacher, as many who find themselves helping others often behave. Nor is a coach a passive sounding board who only listens and asks questions. A coach cares, celebrates, and challenges, as well as listens. Two chapters focus on the coach's character and relational authority.

Reading the book, I imagine many leaders will feel challenged to advise less, listen more, and grow in asking excellent questions. Several chapters will specifically help in this regard. The authors provide teaching, inspiration, and examples for listening and asking great questions.

The book also serves as a toolbox of coaching helps. There are three models for holistic coaching, more than 200 sample questions (yes, I counted!), how to adapt your coaching style using DISC, how to effectively coach Post-modern leaders, and help on coaching teams.

Throughout the book the authors tell stories to illustrate various coaching situations. The stories paint a picture of a coaching relationship. I have heard both Ogne and Roehl coach and can tell you they practice what they preach - they listen, ask great questions, challenge according to the coachee's goals, and keep their advice to a minimum.

The subtitle of the book is "empowering leaders in a changing ministry world." Two facts we don't want to ignore: the ministry world is changing rapidly and empowering leaders is the only solution to adapt and make an impact. Ogne and Roehl provide us with important helps to re-skill to be more empowering and more missional.

As a leader in church planting for my denomination I am often called on to coach others. But finding practical tools to facilitate a healthy coaching relationship with others can be a challenge. This book gives a treasure chest of such tools.

Other books that also offer helpful tools are:
Team Ministry
Team Ministry: How to Find Meaning and Fulfillment through Understanding the Spiritual Gifts within You
The Painful Side of Leadership: Moving Forward Even When It Hurts
Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church
Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach
Coaching Ministry Teams: Leadership and Management in Christian Organizations

I was looking to add coaching to my portfolio and decided to order several resources on coaching.. Transformissional Coaching was by far the most complete foundation in coaching I recieved. This book had plenty of foundational information as well as questions and models to get me started..