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Introduction to Coaching – Online Session
Session 101
Offered “On-Demand” at https://coachapproachministries.org
This online course is a great way to begin the process of becoming a Christian coach. The course includes an introduction to the concept of coaching, an introduction to the skills of coaching, and a primer on how to get started as a coach. (Required for Certified Christian Leadership Coach credentials offered through Coach Approach Ministries.)
Foundations for Christian Coaching – Online Session
Session 501
- Thursdays, May 15 – June 19, 2025, 10 a.m. -12 p.m. (Pacific) – Instructor: Amy Devries, PCC
- Mondays, August 18 – September 24, 2025, 3 p.m. -5 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Keith & Esther Edwards, ACC
In this class you’ll learn how coaching is distinct from other ways of helping. You will learn the skills of a coach, basic coaching models, and how to conduct a powerful coaching conversation. This class is not just about knowledge. It’s also about growing your skills. You’ll have opportunities to practice as well as receive growth-oriented feedback. (Prerequisite for further coach training.)
Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship – Online Session
Session 502
- Mondays, April 7 – May 12, 2025, 7-9 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Keith & Esther Edwards, ACC
What does it take to develop a strong professional coaching relationship? It takes attention to the essentials and going beyond expectations. In CAM 502, we teach you to do just that. In this ICF-approved course, you will learn ICF ethics and standards, how to help the person being coached to orient around areas of strengths and high-performance patterns, the ingredients for a strong first session, finding clients, and creating a coaching contract. This class will help you go beyond the doing of coaching in order to be a coach.
Coaching Through Change, Transition, & Transformation – Online Session
Session 503
- Tuesdays, July 8 – August 19, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Pacific) – No Class 8/12 – Instructor: Amy Devries, PCC
- Thursdays, September 4 – October 9, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Central) – Instructor: Mary Selzer, PCC
Coaching is all about change, but not all change is the same, and coaches need to be able to support: Proactive Change, Transitions, and Deep Transformation. Explore the path that begins with mind shift and culminates in mind renewal.
The Language of Coaching – Online Session
Session 505
- Monday, April 14 – May 19, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Julie Markese, PCC
God did not think the world into existence, God spoke the world into existence. Words matter! And the words and other language elements used in coaching matter to the growth of those you coach.
How to Coach a Team – Online Session
Session 507
- Wednesdays, May 28 – July 2, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Julie Markese, PCC
- Wednesdays, September 10 – October 15, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Central) – Instructor: Mary Selzer, PCC
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the difference between a team and other types of groups, learn how to develop authentic teams, learn the skills needed to coach teams, how to support teams in overcoming dysfunction, use team covenants, and create alliances. The class includes assessment resources.
Coaching for Spiritual Growth – Online Session
Session 508
- Tuesdays, May 13 – June 17, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Pacific) – Instructor: Amy Devries, PCC
- Tuesdays, September 16 – October 21, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Keith & Esther Edwards, ACC
This class will help you increase your effectiveness in coaching for new and deeper faith in Jesus. By completing this class, you will be able to understand and appreciate how a coach approach to spiritual growth leads to meaningful spiritual conversations. You will be able to use coaching skills and the coaching process to help people move forward in becoming followers of Jesus as well as increase your confidence, competence, and credibility as a catalyst for spiritual growth.
Coach Approach to Leading & Managing
Session 510
- Thursdays, September 4 – October 9, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Pacific) – Instructor: Amy Devries, PCC
- Mondays, September 8 – October 13, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Julie Markese, PCC
This course provides a framework for coaching leaders based on solid leadership principles and proven methods for helping leaders raise their performance and grow their potential. It’s perfect for coaches who work with leaders and those who want to explore leadership coaching as a coaching niche.
Coaching Church Planters – Online Session
Session 513
- Thursdays, September 18 – October 23, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Eastern) – Instructor: Keith & Esther Edwards, ACC
Coaching church planters has its own distinctions. Planters are fundraisers, recruiters, communicators, and more. In this class, we will give 16 hours of live training (onsite or online) that give coaching models and skills specific to coaching church planters. This class is laid out with the foundation of current Church Planting best practices in mind.
Coaching Groups – Online Session
Session 515
- COMING SOON
Coaching a group allows a coach to help multiple clients in similar circumstances at the same time. In this course, you will learn the distinctions between individual, team, and group coaching and will be provided a step-by-step approach to designing and facilitating group coaching sessions. A highlight of the course is the hands-on group coaching experience in the final two sessions, where students will actively participate as both coaches and clients, applying the techniques they’ve learned in a real-world setting.
