For lead pastors and their boards
Find the right coach for your pastor’s next chapter.
Start with the leadership work ahead. Explore the experience, approach, and working relationship that can help your pastor move forward with clarity.
Two starting points
Pastors and boards begin in the same place, with questions written for each.
I lead a church
Tell us about the work in front of you. You choose what to share, and nothing reaches a coach without your yes.
For lead pastorsI serve on a board
Explore support for your pastor without sharing their details. The pastor takes part in the choice before anything begins.
For elder boardsWhat needs attention?
Requests begin with goals, never a diagnosis.
Leadership clarity
Deciding what matters most and saying no to the rest.
Board alignment
Shared expectations between pastor and board.
Staff and team leadership
Building, leading and developing a team.
Navigating change
Transitions, growth, mergers and new seasons.
Sustainable habits
Rhythms and boundaries that last for years.
A useful match starts with context
Tell us what matters
A short request: your role, the goals, the context and practical needs. Skip anything you would rather discuss later.
Review possible fit
A person reviews your request against coach profiles, using factors you can read on our matching standards page.
Meet and decide together
Introductions happen only when you and the coach both agree. The pastor and coach decide whether to work together.
What makes a coach a fit?
- Experience
- Work with leaders facing similar decisions.
- Approach
- Structured, reflective or practical, matched to how the pastor works best.
- Ministry context
- Familiarity with the stage and setting of the church.
- Availability
- Real capacity, schedule and meeting format.
- Working agreement
- Clear goals, scope, fees and what is shared.
A well-known name is not the same as a good fit. The right coach is the one whose experience and approach match the work in front of this pastor.
Read our matching standardsFor the board and the pastor
Agree on the purpose. Give the pastor a voice in the choice. Define what progress will look like together.
Start with better questions
How an elder board can start a coaching conversation
A respectful way for a board to raise coaching with its pastor: purpose first, the pastor in the choice, and agreements before anything begins.
Read the guide Lead pastors and boardsQuestions to ask before choosing a lead pastor coach
Seven questions that separate a good name from a good fit, and what a strong answer sounds like.
Read the guideMatching standards
The factors we weigh, how unknowns are handled, and why a person decides.
Read the standardsCommon questions
Can an elder board start the process?
Yes. Begin with your role and the kind of support you are exploring. You do not need to give us the pastor's contact details. The pastor takes part in the decision before a coaching relationship begins.
Will the board see coaching conversations?
Information sharing is set in an agreement among the pastor, the coach and the sponsor. Paying for coaching does not by itself give access to what is said in sessions.
Is a match guaranteed?
A proposed fit is a starting point for a conversation. Availability and mutual agreement decide whether an engagement goes ahead, and sometimes the honest answer is that no coach in our review is the right fit yet.
How much does coaching cost?
Scope and fees are agreed directly with the coach before an engagement begins. You can share a budget range in your request so it is part of the fit review.
Who sees what I submit?
Only the people who review matching requests. Nothing is shared with a coach until you agree to an introduction, and you can withdraw a request at any time.
Ready when you are.
Start a request in a few minutes. You can withdraw it at any time.