Coach

I'm currently looking for a coach. I'm not the player that I need to be. No player without a coach can be. I think of great athletes and wonder where would Michael Jordan be without Phil Jackson, Tiger be without his dad, Cal be without Sr.

Players don't become great without coaches who make them do what they don't want to do to become what they've always wanted to become. I'm looking for a coach right now in church planting, and I think I've found the guy.

As I have thought about a coach, I decided that I'd like to have someone who meets a couple criteria:

1. I want a guy passionate about church planting. It's so volatile that I don't want someone who is a successful pastor. I want someone in the field, doing it, and passionate about it.

2. I want a coach that's not that far ahead of me; that still remembers doing what I'm doing. I want them to be farther ahead of me by time (2-5 years), success (growth in their church and community connections),

3. I want a coach that's a player. By that I mean is currently being coached by someone else.

Anyway, I talked with a guy this week about coaching. Many of you know that I had a coach to launch the church, and I appreciated the coaching of Keith Edwards. Now I need a coach for the next step of the journey. Pray for me as I nail down the agreement. When it is official I look forward to introducing him to you.

--Ben