Coaching Cohorts

GROUP COACHING

It’s better when we go together.

Making sustainable change and meaningful transformation is possible when people gather in accountable community around a common purpose. Because NEXT Church values this kind of impact, we offer coaching cohorts as part of our NEXT Steps Coaching initiative.

Coaching cohorts are a combination of scheduled group cohorts gathered around a particular topic led by teachers and experts, along with individual coaching sessions to accompany those cohort meetings with trained/certified coaches to help you apply and wrestle with the topic for your particular context.

No cohort model is exactly the same because we believe each topic lends itself to thoughtful pedagogy that will lead to transformative impact, so please read each description carefully!

“This has been one of the best continuing education experiences and formats. The leadership was excellent and the format was accessible and engaging.”
“I am the happiest I have been at my call in 3 years because of the practices, pitfalls, and self-care I learned through this coaching cohort.”
“This whole experience has completely encapsulated my mind and body, and I can’t see anything without this antiracism lens.”
“The coaching cohort exceeded my expectations!”

COACHING COHORTS – WINTER 2025

Rising Rooted

A Community for People of Color in Extraordinary Times

This coached cohort is designed to foster individual and communal health for people of color who move and work in white-dominant spaces and/or spaces of color where dismantling the practices of white supremacy culture are still developing. Ideal for individuals seeking effective tools for resilience and intentional community-building, this cohort aims to foster sustainable change and transformation in our communities while still genuinely caring for our own wellbeing.

Time: Wednesdays @ 2:00-3:30pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT)

Cohort Dates: February 12, February 26, March 12, March 26

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COACHING COHORTS – FALL 2024

Envisioning and Enacting Collective Flourishing

A Coached Journey for People of Color

What does it look like to build the spaces and the world we truly need – together? Participants will explore the liberatory journeys of people of color in the past and present through readings, videos, and other engaging materials. Following this grounding work, the group will consider how to navigate power dynamics and their own participation in systems and structures of harm to create revolutionary outcomes: moves toward genuine community, healthy self-and-other accountability, and embodied care and awareness that can buoy us collectively in challenging times.

Time: Wednesdays @ 12:30-2:00pm ET (9:30-11:00am PT)

Dates: September 11, September 25, October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20

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Beyond the Book

Embodied Practice Designed for White People

A book about justice is only powerful if it is a catalyst for actual change. Jennifer Harvey’s new book “Antiracism as Daily Practice” sets the table for meaningful conversation among white folks seeking to live in a way that grows racial justice. Led by the author and NEXT Church Coaches, join other white folks from across the country to discuss the content of Dr. Harvey’s new book and engage its actionable reverberations over 6 cohort sessions.

Time: Wednesdays @ 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)

Dates: September 18, October 2, October 16, October 30, November 13, November 20

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Enneagram and Leadership

The Enneagram is a personality type system that illustrates the interconnections between nine core archetypes. Each of us comes into life with a personality we use to make our way in the world. Sometimes it works well for us, and at other times we get in our own way. In conversation with the Enneagram, we can celebrate the strengths God has given us, identify our personality challenges, and put deeper self-understanding into action.

Time: Wednesdays @ 2:00-3:30pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT)

Dates: September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, January 8, February 12

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REFUND POLICY

Because cohorts are limited to small numbers, registrations are only 50% refundable prior to 21 days of the cohort’s first meeting. Once within the 21 day window, cohorts are non-refundable.

EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds are available in recognition of resource imbalances, especially for small churches, leaders of color, students, and lay leaders. Some partial stipends for cohorts are available on a first come, first served basis.

PREACHING FOR CHANGE COHORTS

Applications for the next round of cohorts is now open!

NEXT Church believes leaders and the ground on which they serve must be tended in order to bring about change and transformation. We know that Christian leaders who respond to the needs around them require the cultivation of growth and change, both in themselves and others.

Through our Preaching for Change Initiative, self-formed cohorts engage a two-year process geared for discernment, growth, and experimentation around preaching and worship. Cohorts can be either colleagues or within a congregation.

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Transformative Leadership the Lasso Way

“Be curious, not judgmental” as we take a playful yet thoughtful look at Apple TV+’s beloved Emmy-winning show, Ted Lasso. The show will be a jumping-off point for topics such as courageous leadership, power dynamics, the perils of toxic positivity, accountability and repair, cultural humility, and the elements of teamwork amid expansive diversity.

Time: Wednesdays @ 2:00-3:30pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT)

Dates: September 21, October 5, October 19, November 2, November 16, and November 30

Antiracist Practices for Faithful Leadership

Whether your leadership has been centered in racial justice for decades or you are yearning to take steps to embody antiracist values in your ministry, this cohort will offer a space to learn, explore, and practice bringing racial justice to the core of your leadership. The goal of this cohort is to equip participants with an awareness of our own complicity with white supremacy, and expand our tools to embody antiracist leadership.

Time: Wednesdays @ 2:00-3:30 pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT)

Dates: September 21, October 5, October 19, November 2, November 16, November 30

Cultivating Disruption: Antiracist Leadership in the Church

In this cohort, participants will maintain accountability and dig deeply into the necessity of an antiracist leadership posture in the Church. Participants will take the Intercultural Development Inventory as a tool for learning and growth, engaging in the individual work they must do to disrupt patterns and systems of white supremacy as well as analyze the systems and structures in which they find themselves.

Time: Tuesdays @ 1:30-3:00pm ET (10:30am-12:00pm PT)

Dates: January 18, February 1, February 15, March 1, March 15, and March 29

Surviving & Thriving for People of Color

In this cohort we will unpack historical framing, why we assimilate, what it means to decolonize our thinking, and reconcile and repair ourselves in order to thrive. The cohort is led by and for People of Color.

Time: Thursdays @ 1:00-2:30pm EST (10:00am-11:30pm PST)

Dates: February 10, February 24, March 10, March 24, April 7, and April 21

Antiracist Practices for Faithful Leadership (for People of Color)

This cohort is led by and for People of Color to learn, explore, and practice bringing racial justice and anti-oppression lenses to their contexts. Participants will consider the white dominant structures they are required to navigate and process in both group and individual settings to disrupt patterns of white supremacy.

Time: Thursdays @ 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)

Dates: April 28, May 12, May 26, June 9, June 23, and July 14