I believe everyone in ministry - part-time, full-time, new to it, been around the block a few times, you name it - would benefit from using coaching skills.

Think of the ministry impact we could see happen if the people we minister to were empowered, equipped, and living out their calling - at home, their work, an in their communities. This is the impact that I got into ministry for.

From 2004 to 2010, I trained or organized coaching training for about 4,000 people. That's 1,000 people in the Core Coaching Skills Certificate Program and about 3,000 in shorter events. This is good, but a drop in the bucket compared to how many people need these skills.

It is my hope that over just the next 5 years 10,000 people in ministry will be trained in coaching skills. And we're well on our way, in 2016 we trained 2,451 people.

I need your help.

Centralized, Decentralized Approach

I've created a new training model. One that has the benefits of a centralized approach, as well as the freedom of a decentralized approach.

If you have The Coaching Workshop for Christian Leaders Trainer License, you are already leading coaching workshops. You lead them in your organization, your city, and some people even lead them around the world. Thank you! That's the kind of geographic stretch that is needed to get coaching skills out everywhere.

Now let's take this further.

I set up a training track in Creative Results Management called the Coaching Workshop Certificate Program. I can provide International Coach Federation approved training hours for some training events. With this new track your participants could take your 3-day training and get ICF credit for it. They could also take additional training with us and progress all the way to their ICF ACC - starting from your training.

It works like this:

1. Approved instructors (this could be you) lead a 3-day version of the Coaching Workshop for Christian Leaders. You can schedule it anytime, with anyone, anywhere. You run your own event - charging or not charging whatever you like for it. You keep all revenue. Purchase Participant Manuals like normal.
2. Participants complete the workshop and choose to upgrade to the Coaching Workshop Certificate Program.
   
3. Participants who upgrade receive 21 ICF-approved training hours, and loads of bonuses to supplement the training they received from you. All the details of the upgrade to the Coaching Workshop Certificate is here.
   
4. The Approved Instructor receives $50 for each participant who upgrades to the Coaching Workshop Certificate Program.
   
5. You'll also receive a $50 referral bonus for every person you refer to the Coaching Mastery Certificate Program. Whether they attend your Workshop or not. Just get them to write your name in the "Referred by" field when they register.
   

How to Become an Approved Instructor

Not all Coaching Workshop for Christian Leaders Licensees are eligible to be an Approved Instructor. The International Coach Federation has additional requirements to grant approved training hours.

I've kept it as simple as possible. Here is what it takes:

1. Purchase a License for The Coaching Workshop for Christian Leaders.
   
2. Hold an ICF credential - ACC, PCC, or MCC.
   
3. Apply to become an Approved Instructor using this form. On this form you'll also tell us where to send your honorariums.
   
4. Complete our Approved Instructor Training Process. This involves one of our Lead Instructors seeing you lead a Workshop. You could co-lead with the Lead Instructor, or have them observe you. This is a hands-on mentored process. You will need to cover the costs of this, although you should be able to recover it immediately through Workshop fees.
   
5. Each year lead at least a couple of 3-day Coaching Workshop events.