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So how does coaching help further your vision? One of the primary results of coaching is the development of new leaders. What pastor does not need new leaders to accomplish the vision? What denominational leader does not need any new leaders?

Not an ends, but a means
Coaching is not an ends but a means. A means to new leaders and the accomplishment of the vision.

Visionary, biblical ministry requires a face-to-face relational development process that's holistic. People investing in people. This was the pattern of the early church. Jesus investing in his disciples. Barnabas investing in Paul. Paul investing in Timothy. One person at a time. Starting slow, but gaining in power and momentum as the yeast works through the whole batch of dough. From a few people, invested in deeply and holistically, a movement is born.

We all long for that. For someone who will listen, guide, be there, ask us the questions that no one else asks. Care, pray, support. And once we have that, we long to offer it to others. That kind of relational connection is like gold too precious to hoard. We are compelled to give it away, investing in others as we ourselves have been invested in. Suddenly we find ourselves more productive, more hopeful, more generous. We look beyond ourselves, see the image of God in others and desire to draw that out so they can become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

What if a few people with that kind of passion and drive invested in a few more? And in turn, what if those people each invested in a few more? No one person spread thin among hundreds - to each only a few. We'd soon have a picture of a body of believers acting according to their giftedness, in accordance with the Spirit. A picture much like the early church.

The next step in developing leaders is developing a coaching movement. For more information on that, click here.