By Joel Comiskey, Coach In a church plant or smaller church, the lead pastor carries most of the coaching load. Coaching cell leaders should be one of the pastor’s primary investments: ensuring leaders stay spiritually vibrant, prioritize their families, and...
By Joel Comiskey, You Can Coach – Joel Comiskey Group Picture a rushing brook feeding into a quiet pond. Some seasons of coaching move like that brook — intense, fast, full of breakthroughs. Other seasons feel like the still pond, where nothing seems to be...
By Joel Comiskey, You Can Coach – Joel Comiskey Group Karen Hurston, who grew up in David Yonggi Cho’s church, tells of two cell leaders: one polished and talented but unable to grow his group, the other bumbling and weak but overflowing with new members....
By Joel Comiskey, You Can Coach “My coach never spends time with me,” a hurting leader once confessed. “He administers me, directs me, even models small group leadership well. But what I really want is a friend. I want someone to take me out for...
By Joel Comiskey, You Can Coach I recommend coaching meetings at least once a month in a group setting (the coach with all the leaders he or she coaches) and once a month one-on-one between the leader and the coach. The group context brings out common problems and...
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