Consultancy

helping church leaders reflect on where you are, where you want to get to and how to get there

Pebble is the consultancy aspect of our work

like a small pebble dropped in a still pond
a fresh insight can stir exciting ripples of change

Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.

mentoring

Senior input for pastors and network leaders supported by self-assessment surveys and analysis

“I’m so thankful for the invaluable mentoring I’ve received from Richard Coekin. He not only generously downloaded his wealth of knowledge in our conversations but helped develop my ability to navigate complicated leadership scenarios.”

“Ray has tonnes of gold. Gave me some more clarity on how to work through output thinking. Helpful to tease out why an area of ministry is/isn’t working and trying to work out how to get it moving again. Also really brilliant stuff on helping teams – I’ve already used – and on how to follow up on giving.”

“Richard listened carefully to where we’ve got to, asked sharp and insightful questions and helped us to be clear in our thinking. He repeatedly brought us back to biblical principles.”

“Richard is the Sherlock Holmes of church life. He can quickly and accurately diagnose structural and cultural issues in church and then provide fascinating concepts to help church development.”

“It was a really helpful conversation with Ray. Great wisdom on growth issues and staffing issues. He was pastoral and encouraging and pointed me to some helpful resources.”

“The 3 mentoring sessions were hugely valuable. We are looking towards setting a 5 year vision for the church and over the course of our time Richard helped us develop our vision and strategy. He was repeatedly encouraging and ‘for us’. This meant when he rightly and helpfully challenged us at times it was heard like a father urging us on that our lives and ministry would be worthy of God (to slightly rephrase 1 Thessalonians 2:12).”

encouraging, inspiring, fresh ideas to stimulate growth...

Richard Coekin

Senior pastor of Dundonald for 29 years and mission director for Co-Mission for 19 years, author of a number of books including Gospel DNA

Ray Evans

Pastor of Grace Community Church for more than 40 years, FIEC church leadership consultant, author of Ready, Steady Grow

Matt Waldock

Co-pastor of City Church Manchester and Director of Gospel Coaching UK

David Anderson

30 years of pastoral experience, founder of Face to Face Scotland: Christ-centred mentoring for pastors in their first 10 years

Piers Bickersteth

4 years working for the Proclamation Trust followed by over 25 years pastoring near Reading overseeing the development of a small network of churches.

consult

Comprehensive and careful ministry and mission health check for a church or network

“Fantastic to have a fresh pair of eyes look at what is going on.”

“I’ve really appreciated having someone outside be genuinely interested in the ministry here, without trying to get something out of us, just wanting to come alongside, help us to see what God is doing and encourage us in it. Apart from all the other good things if that alone is what we take out of it, it will have been really valuable.”

“The report that came out of the process was superb. A really really strong piece of work. There is loads in it, with very helpful practical suggestions, which in time we’ll work through as an eldership and staff team.”

“Very graciously handled. Winsome, warm and insightful.”

consult process

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