Level 4 – Junior Pastor 2 Coaching Workflow

🛐 Spiritual Formation Projects (Choose 3–4)
STEP 1: Community Intercession Journal
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Ask the trainee to begin journaling prayers for their Community leaders and members.
  • ☐ Encourage listing names, burdens, and scriptures.
  • ☐ Review entries together after 3–4 weeks.
  • ☐ Debrief: “How has intercession affected your leadership posture?”
STEP 2: Listening Retreat Reflection
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Confirm participation in a Listening or Silence retreat.
  • ☐ Ask them to journal impressions, verses, and sensed direction for their Community.
  • ☐ Invite them to share reflections during a coaching call or TAG.
  • ☐ Debrief: “What direction did you sense from the Lord for your Community?”
STEP 3: Spiritual Warfare Reflection
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Guide the trainee to reflect on a leadership struggle through Ephesians 6 or relevant passages.
  • ☐ Ask: “What lies, fears, or resistance did you face—and how did you respond spiritually?”
  • ☐ Let them write a short reflection or discuss with you.
  • ☐ Debrief: “How is God strengthening you in spiritual battle?”
STEP 4: Mentoring for Spiritual Formation (2 stages)
Stage 1 – Mentoring Sessions
  • ☐ Help the trainee plan to walk with one person in soul care (rest, rhythms, etc.).
  • ☐ Ask them to journal each meeting and prayer point.
Stage 2 – Feedback and Debrief
  • ☐ Let the mentee offer feedback (optional written or verbal).
  • ☐ Debrief: “How did this deepen your understanding of spiritual formation?”
STEP 5: Discernment in Leadership Decisions (2 stages)
Stage 1 – Identify and Reflect
  • ☐ Choose a past or present decision requiring discernment (e.g., leader issue, ministry direction).
  • ☐ Guide them through reflection: Scripture, prayer, counsel, confirmation.
Stage 2 – Summary and Coaching
  • ☐ Invite them to share insights in a coaching session or written reflection.
  • ☐ Debrief: “What will you apply from this process to future leadership moments?”
🗣️ Communication Projects (Choose 3–4)
STEP 6: Preaching from the Old Testament (3 stages)
Stage 1 – Study and Outline
  • ☐ Help them select a passage and guide toward theological depth and gospel relevance.
  • ☐ Review the outline for structure, clarity, and application.
Stage 2 – Delivery and Feedback
  • ☐ Listen live or via recording and provide feedback.
  • ☐ Focus on theology, storytelling, Christ-centeredness.
Stage 3 – Reflection
  • ☐ Debrief: “What did you learn about preaching from the OT?”
STEP 7: Community Vision Talk (2 stages)
Stage 1 – Draft the Talk
  • ☐ Help them prepare a 5–7 minute talk focused on their Community’s direction.
  • ☐ Review script or talking points.
Stage 2 – Delivery and Reflection
  • ☐ Let them deliver the talk in a meeting or video format.
  • ☐ Debrief: “How did people respond? What did you learn about casting vision?”
STEP 8: Delegation and Clarity Talk
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Ask the trainee to prepare a leadership instruction (task briefing, team directive, etc.).
  • ☐ Coach them on how to be specific, empowering, and confident.
  • ☐ Observe or review delivery.
  • ☐ Debrief: “Was your instruction understood and well-received?”
STEP 9: Storytelling for Impact
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Help them craft a 3–5 minute story (personal, pastoral, or ministry story).
  • ☐ Focus on authenticity, emotion, and spiritual takeaway.
  • ☐ Invite them to share it in TAG, group setting, or video.
  • ☐ Debrief: “What part of the story moved or challenged people?”
STEP 10: Pastoral Conversations Practice
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Help them prepare for a one-on-one care conversation (counsel, prayer, support).
  • ☐ Coach them in grace-filled listening and gentle guidance.
  • ☐ Observe or receive a summary of the encounter.
  • ☐ Debrief: “How did God use your words to bring healing or clarity?”
🧑‍💼 Leadership Projects (Choose 3–4)
STEP 11: Community Assessment & Planning (3 stages)
Stage 1 – Evaluate
  • ☐ Help them assess strengths, challenges, engagement, alignment (use a tool or simple discussion).
  • ☐ Guide creation of a 6-month plan with goals and strategies.
Stage 2 – Share and Execute
  • ☐ Encourage them to share the plan with key leaders.
  • ☐ Begin implementing initial steps.
Stage 3 – Review Progress
  • ☐ Debrief: “What’s working well? What needs to change?”
STEP 12: Mentoring Journal
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Ask the trainee to identify 2–3 leaders to mentor.
  • ☐ Encourage keeping short journal entries per session (dates, key themes, next steps).
  • ☐ Review the journal midway or after 6–8 weeks.
  • ☐ Debrief: “How are your mentees growing? What about you?”
STEP 13: Issue Resolution Report
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Let them choose a recent leadership challenge (conflict, resistance, failure, etc.).
  • ☐ Ask them to write a short report: What happened, what they did, what they learned.
  • ☐ Review and offer feedback.
  • ☐ Debrief: “What biblical principles guided your decisions?”
STEP 14: Equipping Event Planning
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Help them plan a training for Lay Leaders or workers (e.g. 1–2 hour format).
  • ☐ Guide them in setting a clear objective, topic, and format.
  • ☐ Attend or review the event delivery.
  • ☐ Debrief: “Was the training practical, engaging, and transformational?”
STEP 15: Leadership Pipeline Coaching
Checklist for Coach:
  • ☐ Ask them to choose one leader to guide through RLCC’s LEAD process.
  • ☐ Support them in applying the process (evaluation, endorsement, mentoring).
  • ☐ Review outcomes after 4–6 weeks.
  • ☐ Debrief: “What did you learn about developing leaders from within?”