Individual Coaching and Prayer

Introduction

Both individual coaching and prayer and group coaching and prayer are vital for healthy disciple-making. Individual coaching allows for personal accountability, encouragement, and tailored growth in spiritual life, evangelism, and discipleship. Group coaching and prayer, on the other hand, creates space for shared learning, mutual encouragement, and corporate intercession. Together, these two settings help ordinary Christians grow strong in their faith while multiplying disciples and churches in the power of the Holy Spirit. How do we approach individual coaching and prayer?

Coach (Mentor) + Coachee (Mentee)

Ministry coaching is a dynamic process where a coach (mentor) meets at least twice a month with a coachee (mentee) to foster spiritual growth and equip them to make disciples of Jesus Christ within their networks. The coach asks questions, listens, encourages, and equips the coachee to deepen their relationship with God, evangelize non-Christians, and disciple Christians. Every Christian is encouraged to receive ministry coaching and, over time, to invest in coaching three to five other Christians. This approach to disciple-making is both relational and structured—ensuring that one generation of Christians effectively equips and empowers the next.

The Purposes of Ministry Coaching

  1. Strengthen Your Relationships with God and Others

  2. Introduce Non-Christians to God through Jesus Christ

  3. Coach Christians to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ

  4. Lead Christians to Start, Strengthen, and Multiply Churches

  5. Pray for Your Life and Ministry

The Goal of Ministry Coaching

The overarching goal of ministry coaching is to help Christians discuss, plan, and pray about how to advance Jesus’s Great Commission—to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19). Through this process and by the grace of God, coachees will grow in their character and learn to evangelize and disciple those in their networks.

Resources to Facilitate Ministry Coaching