CHURCH LEADERSHIP
NEXT Steps Coaching
SKILLED COACHING FOR CHURCH LEADERS
NEXT Church has a team of trained coaches who accompany leaders and congregations towards embodied wholeness, justice, and transformation. We believe God calls and equips congregations and leaders to transform individuals and communities. NEXT Steps Coaching accompanies congregations and leaders to uncover creative, experimental, and courageous ideas in order to take bold next steps in a supportive environment.
“You don’t need to have it all figured out. Just take the next right step.“
-Jemar Tisby
Group Coaching
A group coaching cohort with a specific content focus, featuring online group coaching sessions as well as a space for individual coaching.
Individual Coaching
A one-on-one relationship with a coach who aligns with NEXT Church’s mission and values to help you set and meet goals.
Antiracism Coaching
Coaching for individuals, groups, and churches in their work to interrupt unhealthy patterns and deepen their understanding of antiracist practices.
1,000+ COACHING CLIENTS
The NEXT Church Coaching Team has had the privilege of coaching over 1,000 coaching clients! Our clients include denominational groups, presbyteries, churches, committes and teams, individual leaders, cohorts, and non-profit leaders.
You are the expert. We unlock your potential.
Coaching is a partnership where a coach helps individuals or teams unlock their potential, set and achieve goals, and overcome challenges through conversation, reflection, and actionable steps. It focuses on empowering clients to find their own solutions and take ownership of their growth.
NEXT Church coaches are trained to coach who and what is in the room. Coaches, while knowledgeable, are not hired to be the expert or consultant in the room. They are trained to hold space as participants engage themselves, each other, the material, and what arises in the space. They encourage participants to tap into their own strengths and resources to create meaningful change, both individually and together.
OUR COACHING TEAM
We use the word “team” because our coaches aren’t just a group of individuals who coach. They are a committed group who work collectively to better themselves, deepen their coaching skills, and collaborate to provide the best approaches to coach you. Our team meets multiple times during the year for continuing education and certified trainings. You can expect high quality coaching from our team, because we expect it of ourselves.
MaryAnn McKibben Dana
Reston, VA
LeAnn Hodges
Rockville, MD
Chris Holland
Philadelphia, PA
Yena Hwang
Falls Church, VA
Jen James
Alexandria, VA
Anna Kendig Flores
Minneapolis, MN
Larissa Kwong Abazia
Robbinsville, NJ
Amy Kim Kyremes-Parks
Swannanoa, NC
Chip Low
Yorktown, NY
Jesy Littlejohn
Laurel, MD
Shani McIlwain
Washington, DC
Brett Pinder
Portland, OR
Martha Spong
Mechanicsburg, PA
Lydia Tembo
Princeton, NJ
Paul Vasile
Washington, DC
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT THE TEAM
Both coaches did an excellent job ensuring that a balance of voices were heard and occasionally drawing our attention to things we had said that needed elaboration or that we needed to hear in a different way. They also created the safe space, with the articulated boundaries, that allowed us to become more vulnerable with each other.
The opening prayer and mediations and closing prayers set each session in an embodied, prayerful way. The coaching was skilled, experienced, knowledgeable, and neutral.
Our leaders were fantastic coaches and created a beautifully grounded container for us to do this work in. I appreciated the attention to body and emotion which helped shape this in a way that felt like so much more than a “study.”
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