Equipping Churches to Multiply Disciples Through Coaching
Join pastors, ministry leaders, and Christian coaches for a one-day interactive online summit designed to help churches integrate coaching into discipleship, leadership development, and ministry care.
This experience will equip you with the perspectives, practices, and tools needed to cultivate coaching cultures inside the local church—helping people grow spiritually, lead faithfully, and live out their calling.
One Day Only
7 hours of content & community
Link provided before the event
CCNI Members get replays & CCEUs/CCRUs included
Plenary Sessions
Breakout Tracks
Expert Speakers
Years of CCNI Legacy
Live Access
Is this for you?
If you are passionate about helping people grow in Christ and want practical tools to bring coaching into your church, this summit is for you.
About the summit
The Coaching in the Church Summit is a one-day live online learning experience designed to help churches integrate coaching into ministry, leadership development, and discipleship.
This is not just another webinar.
It is an interactive experience where you will:
Hosted by Christian Coaches Network International, the oldest global Christian coach accrediting and credentialing body, advancing Christian coaching worldwide since 1998.
What You'll Gain
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Imagine your church becoming a place where leaders ask powerful questions, people discover God’s work in their lives, and disciples multiply naturally through coaching conversations.
Summit Schedule
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM |
Welcome
Welcome & Orientation
Summit Kickoff: Spiritual Anchoring & Peer Connection
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| 9:30 – 10:30 AM |
Plenary Session #1
A Church Coaching Ministry – A Real-Life Story
Speaker: Amy Taddie
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| 10:30 – 10:45 AM |
Break
Rest & Refresh
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| 10:45 – 11:15 AM |
Breakout Session #1
Attendee's Choice
Keys to Providing Coach Training in Your ChurchNed Mervich
Using Assessments/Tools in Church CoachingKaren Humphries
Using Coaching in Church WorkshopsBarb Claxton
Coaching in Parachurch OrganizationsBob Weinkle
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| 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM |
Plenary Session #2
Integrating Faith and Coaching Excellence: Christian Coach Training
Speaker: Ben Olsen
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| 12:15 – 12:45 PM |
Lunch
Lunch Break
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| 12:45 – 1:45 PM |
Plenary Session #3
8 Steps to Introduce Coaching in Your Church
Speaker: Ken Kessler
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| 1:45 – 2:15 PM |
Breakout Session #2
Attendee's Choice
Keys to Providing Coach Training in Your ChurchNed Mervich
Using Assessments/Tools in Church CoachingKaren Humphries
Using Coaching in Church WorkshopsBarb Claxton
Coaching in Parachurch OrganizationsBob Weinkle
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| 2:15 – 2:30 PM |
Break
Rest & Refresh
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| 2:30 – 3:30 PM |
Plenary Session #4
Coaching That Transforms: Renewing the Church from Within
Speaker: Mike Glenn
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| 3:30 – 4:00 PM |
Closing
Closing Session
Commissioning for Transformational Coaching in the Church
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Featured Speakers
Amy Taddie serves as Director of Biblical Life Coaching at Venture Christian Church, where she leads and develops coaching initiatives that integrate faith, personal growth, and practical life application. A certified transformational coach, Amy is passionate about helping individuals experience breakthrough through a biblical lens, guiding them toward clarity, healing, and purposeful living.
In addition to her leadership role, Amy is an executive and relational coach and holds the Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential. She brings experience mentoring leaders and serving within nonprofit contexts, equipping others to grow in both their inner life and outward impact.
Amy is known for her compassionate, Spirit-led approach, creating safe and transformative spaces where individuals and leaders can align their lives, relationships, and leadership with their faith and calling.
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Ken has been serving as a leadership and life coach for approximately twenty-two years. He recently retired as the Empower Coaching Network Director for the Baptist General Association of Virginia, a role he held for 17 years. He is a PCC-credentialed coach with the International Coaching Federation. He now coaches through his personal business, Kessler Coaching, LLC.
Ken helps others explore a hopeful future, generate innovative ideas, and cultivate new learning for growth and possibilities. He leads with an infectious spirit and a curious mind open to new alternatives and leadership investments.
Ken has provided coaching training programs to both novice and seasoned professionals over the past 20 years. Over these seventeen years, Ken has shared more than 2,000 hours with personal, church, and organizational clients. His leadership experience focuses on helping individuals, non-profits, and religious organizations deal with their strategic, organizational, and leadership direction.
Ken is a native of Louisiana, but presently lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Teresa. Ken and Teresa have three sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law, and three beautiful grandsons.
Ken may be contacted at ken@kesslercoaching.org. He will be glad to discuss coaching to see if he can assist you with your current opportunities and challenges.
Mike Glenn founded Engage Church Network in 2024 after more than 40 years in ministry, including 32 years as senior pastor of Brentwood Baptist Church in Tennessee. After decades of leading one of the region’s most influential churches, Mike became convinced that the cultural and ministry shifts shaping today’s Church are not temporary disruptions but the early stages of a larger movement he calls the Second Reformation — a season in which ministry will once again live with and be carried by the body of the church rather than centralized on a stage. Through coaching, teaching, cohort formation, and thought leadership, Mike now works to equip pastors and rising church leaders to distribute leadership, multiply leaders, and build sustainable ministry structures for postmodern times.
Mike grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, deeply rooted in the life of the local church. His father was a local politician and business owner who also taught Sunday School for more than 40 years. His mother played the piano and sang in the church choir. From an early age, Mike experienced church not as a program, but as a shared life.
He graduated from Samford University and later earned both his M.Div. and D.Min. from Southern Seminary.
Mike married his wife, Jeannie, in 1980. They have twin sons, Chris and Craig, and four grandchildren who now receive most of his attention (and resources).
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I am a credentialed life and leadership coach, having used my proven skills in group facilitation, adult education, and leadership development to serve in educational, health care, non-profit, and government settings. As a life-long learner, I’ve always been fascinated by developing potential in myself and others. When someone becomes a better version of himself or herself, everyone around them benefits. More resources are released into the world. It is my passion to help make that happen. My goal is to help my clients move forward with the confidence and skill to achieve their desired outcomes in their personal and professional lives. It is my privilege to help individuals and organizations embrace empowering mindsets, increase emotional intelligence, achieve goals, contribute to a positive culture, and lead with clarity. My mission is their success!
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Join Us!
April 24, 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Online via Zoom
Link provided before event
Everyone registered will receive access to the live sessions. CCNI members will receive access to the recordings from the event for six months and also CCEUs/CCRUs for the sessions they attend.
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