Gospel Coach Workbook: Certification Training

Faithful leaders will make disciples, but great leaders focus on making other leaders. A leader doesn't learn to lead by attending a class or reading a book on leadership. A leader learns to lead best when he or she begins to lead others and is coached along the journey by a mentor. As the ministry leader is learning and applying the gospel in their own life, the followers will learn from what they see modeled in the life of their leader. They will be equipped and empowered by the gospel through the practical example and the visible fruit of that leader's life.The Gospel Coach Workbook accompanies Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God (c)2012 ZONDERVAN by walking participants through the development of leaders and the making of disciples. Formal training to make leaders is ineffective. A lot of training focuses on technique, on content, and on curriculum. The Gospel Coach Workbook contains a lot of content, but with intentionally integrated visual illustrations for those who learn best in this way. It also integrates kinesthetic learning by encouraging writing some key ideas right in the book. Finally, it utilizes experiential learning to reinforce the skill development. Participants engage in multiple conversations to help process the content. The goal is that after reading Gospel Coach and walking through the Workbook, participants would become equipped to competently coach a disciple in the power of the gospel. The Gospel Coaching Workbook will walk step by step through the material, outlining the major points to consider as you learn to be a Gospel Coach that shepherds others toward the Chief Shepherd, Jesus.


About the Author
Scott Thomas is the Associate National Director for C2C Network, a credentialed pastor with the CCMBC and a church planter with the USAMBC. Scott continues to serve as a pastor in the local church as he has for the last 35 years, including as a lead pastor for 17 years, a youth pastor for 9 years, and then as an International church-planting network director that God empowered to start over 400 churches. Scott created the Gospel Coach Training and Certification system and is the published author of several books to help pastors to develop leaders within the local church. Scott and Jeannie have been married for 35 years and have two grown sons, two beautiful daughter-in-laws, a granddaughter, and a grandson. Scott can be contacted for speaking, training, consulting, and coaching at gospelcoach@gmail.com.