Coaching for Missionaries & Leaders

  • Bridges Program - Coaching for Individual Missionaries from Experienced Cross-Cultural Coaches. If you are doing missions cross-culturally, preparing to enter the field, or in your first two years of transitioning back home, and do not have coaching available to you through your sending organization, or a partnership with your sending organization, this program is for you!
      • Program Overview & Description - (.pdf)   
      Application (.doc) (.pdf) - Download
      Pre-coaching Survey (.doc) (.pdf) - Download
      Reference Form (.doc) (.pdf) - Download
      Bridges Program: Fee Payment Options
  • Leadership Coaching - for CMI Partnering Organizations
    • Leadership Coaching - Asia Phase II - This is a Coaching Program for Leaders designed by CMI for YWAM South Asia with two primary goals in mind: 1) Increase performance and effectiveness of leaders through individualized leadership development; 2) Decrease burnout and attrition by increasing support and care of leaders.
    • Leadership Coaching - Southern Africa Phase I - This is a Coaching Program for Leaders designed by CMI for YWAM Southern Africa with two primary goals in mind: 1) Increase performance and effectiveness of leaders through individualized leadership development; 2) Decrease burnout and attrition by increasing support and care of leaders.
    • Leadership Coaching - Partner Organizations - CMI is committed to partnering with Mission Organizations to provide high-quality coaching to missionaries and frontline leaders when and where it it needed most.
    • Coaching Scholarship Fund - One way you can help CMI make high-quality coaching available and affordable is to contribute to the Coaching Scholarship Fund. This fund helps those who want to receive coaching but cannot afford even the context-appropriate minimum coaching fee. (see FAQs for CMI Pay-for-Coaching Policy)
  • Training + Coaching Follow-up
    • Leadership Development Course Follow-up Coaching - Asia Phase II - This program is designed to maximize the application and impact of formal, classroom leadership training provided by one of CMI's partnering organizations in Asia. Trainees receive 12 sessions of follow-up coaching over a 6-month period. Many participants are grassroots leaders who rely on partial scholarships to cover the coaching costs.
        Schedule: January - July 2009.
    • Custom Training + Coaching - CMI can partner with your organization to maximize your training processes through follow-up coaching.

Coaching for Mission Marriages

  • Marriage Coaching
    • Marriage Coaching - Asia Phase II - This is a continuation of marriage coaching provided in partnership with Grace & Truth Ministries to missionary couples in the frontline partnering organization.
    • Marriage Coach Training - Asia Phase II - This marriage coach training project in partnership with Grace & Truth Ministries will provide marriage coaching, coach training, and then coaching supervision, to four or more couples, preferably with Asian language ability. These couples are already called to and involved in marriage ministry within the partnering organization. The program lasts two years resulting in four (or more) couples who are fully trained to provide marriage coaching.

Partnering for Mission

  • Partnering for Mission - Partners commit to supporting CMI in prayer and financially on a regular basis. To learn more about the benefits and ways of becoming a CMI Partner, download:
    • "How to become a Partner" - (.pdf)
    • Bridges Program - Individual Coaching from Experienced Cross-Cultural Coaches . If you are doing missions cross-culturally, preparing to enter the field, or in your first two years of transitioning back home, and do not have coaching available to you through your sending organization, or a partnership with your sending organization, this program is for you!
        • Program Overview & Description - (.pdf)   
        Application         (.doc) (.pdf) - Download
        Reference Form         (.doc) (.pdf) - Download

    Mission Coach Training

    • Mission Coach Training
      • MCT2009: Mission Coach Training for Returning and On-field Missionaries - This program trains and equips missionaries who are:
        ● Returning: Who have left or are soon leaving their field of service; who have at least some base of financial support; who want to continue serving those left behind; and, who want to serve them through coaching;
        ● On-the-field:         Who desire to provide high-quality leadership and life coaching to their fellow mission leaders as a major expression of ministry.
        - This program is a two-year, high quality distance-learning process including:         150+ hours involving Teleclass Instruction, Onsite Workshops, Personal Coaching, One-on-One and Group Coach Training, and Individual Study; plus, as much as 226+ hours of actual, supervised coaching experience.
          Schedule:
          ● January - June 2010 :: Module 6: Coaching Across Cultures, and Supervised Coaching
          ● July 2010 - June 2011 :: Module 7: Intensive Supervised Coaching
          Onsite Workshop Dates/Location: 7 - 10 August 2009/ Colorado Springs, CO USA
          MCT 2009 - Modules 6 & 7: Fee Payments -Select type of payment from drop-down list, then click on the Pay Now button. Be sure to enter your full name in the PayPal Description box.
      • MCT2010: Mission Coach Training for Returning and On-field Missionaries - This program trains and equips missionaries who are:
        ● Returning: Who have left or are soon leaving their field of service; who have at least some base of financial support; who want to continue serving those left behind; and, who want to serve them through coaching;
        ● On-the-field:         Who desire to provide high-quality leadership and life coaching to their fellow mission leaders as a major expression of ministry.
        - This program is a two-year, high quality distance-learning process including:         150+ hours involving Teleclass Instruction, Onsite Workshops, Personal Coaching, One-on-One and Group Coach Training, and Individual Study; plus, as much as 226+ hours of actual, supervised coaching experience.
          Scheduled Start: Mid-2010
          Onsite Workshop Dates/Location: TBA
          Program Details: Overview, Schedule, Fees (.pdf) - To be notified when this document is available, send an email to: MCTdirector@coachingmission.com
          Application (.doc) (.pdf) - Download available soon! Submit by 8 May 2010. If you have missed the deadline and are still interested, email the Training Director at: MCTdirector@coachingmission.com.    
      • Coaching Skill Training for Team Leaders & Supervisors - Asia Phase II This training will be provided by CMI Coach Trainers to an Asia partnering organization in a 3-day interactive onsite workshop. It focuses on helping geographical Supervisors, as well as ministry Team Leaders to learn and implement coaching as a management and leadership development process.
      • Marriage Coach Training - CMI provides mission-oriented marriage coach training in partnership with Grace & Truth Ministries. The program provides marriage coaching, coach training, and then coaching supervision, to couples, preferably with regional language abilities. These couples should already be called to and involved in marriage ministry within the partnering organization. The training process lasts two years resulting in couples who are fully trained to provide marriage coaching.