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I long to help pastors fulfill their calling to the mission of Jesus! I’ve been blessed to have others come alongside me, teaching me how to coach and support Christian leaders.

My StrengthsFinder top five are Futuristic, Ideation, Learner, Input, and Strategic meaning that I’d love to help you see a path forward in situations that seem impossible and difficult, from a ten-thousand-foot level, at a relational level, and/or in real life.

I’m currently the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Alhambra (discoverthejoy.org), with extensive experience in SoCal and Texas as a church staff member, a missionary, and an academic.

I’m privileged to be married to my amazing wife and to parent our three great boys! I look forward to hearing from you!

– Rev Matt Barnes PhD

I have a passion for leadership health. Part of that is personal. I lived and led in an unsustainable way such that I ended up on antidepressants for eleven years. I was living an unsustainable life and it put me in a dark hole. Thankfully, the mercy and grace of God have led me to a healthier place.

This passion for leadership health has led me to seek a clear path that will give leaders the tools to live better and lead better.

David Cooke has been pastor of Cold Springs Church, Placerville, CA for 24 years (coldspringschurch.net/). He also is a Professionally Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation and has been a Leadership Coach for the past 20 years. David trains other coaches around the world through Coach Approach Ministries and previously with Western Seminary. He has had a lifelong passion to discover how God has made us to live a life that is from the overflow of a life deeply connected to Jesus that brings health and blessing to the leader and those the leader influences (John 15).

David combines his studies in theology, neuroscience, leadership, and coaching to bring the Great Commandment to shine a light on the internal life of the leader. This light will help you live better and lead better. In a world that seems to get ever more complex, he is committed to the concept of Keep It Simple Leadership that is understandable, practical, and immediately applicable.

Jack is the former Executive Pastor for 32 years at High Desert Church in Victorville (highdesertchurch.com), California. He’s been on staff for over 37 years, has seen the church grow from under 150 to 8,000 people with four church sites in the High Desert, and currently serves as a Mentor Pastor for Transformations Ministries working with 9 Senior Pastors in the Inland Empire.

He’s served on a number of non-profit boards, including Forest Home Christian Conference Center, Association of Christian Schools International, and American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest. He has also served as a public school board member for Hesperia Unified School District for 19 years in a district of nearly 22,000 students. Jack has also served on the board of directors for the Hesperia Recreation and Park District for 10 years and a church plant, Fellowship Monrovia Church for nine years.

Family Bio:
Jack and his wife, Linda, have been married for 51 years and have 3 adult children and 6 grandchildren. Our oldest son, Ethan, is married and lives in San Diego, and is the Athletic Director at Point Loma Nazarene University. Our other two adult children, Phoebe and Jared, our both public school teachers for the Hesperia Unified School District. Each of the three adult children is married and has two children each.

Top 5 StrengthFinders:

Includer
developer
empathy
arranger
responsible

Visit Jack’s website: jackhamilton.co

First and foremost, I love Jesus. I truly have a heart to see the church thriving in all aspects of ministry; from pastoral care, to meaningful community, to team building, to administration. I love to encourage and equip leaders and help pray for God’s direction in their lives and ministries. I’ve had over a decade worth of ministry experience:  Starting in youth ministry, lay ministry roles with young adults, children’s ministry, and eventually pastor of a healthy and growing Young Adult community at Purpose Church over the last few years. Beyond ministry, I worked in corporate marketing and advertising for 10 years. My experience as a creative writer and project manager has given me unique perspectives that God has gifted me for use in ministry, planning and organizing. I love to use creativity and outside-the-box thinking to reach the lost and build cohesive and thriving teams. I’m a redeemed Enneagram 8, with a strong wing 7. If you’re not sure what this means, here’s a brief overview from the Enneagram Institute: “Generally, Eights are strong, assertive, resourceful, independent, determined, action-oriented, pragmatic, competitive, straight-talking, shrewd, and insistent.” Yep, that about sums it up!

I’ve been happily married for 20 years to my best friend, Tim (who I met in Jr. High youth group). We are the proud parents of two beautiful girls, Marley (15) and Samaya (8) and our quirky, snuggly cat, Ziggy. I look forward to partnering with you and praying together as we seek God’s best for your ministry, personal life and being effective for His kingdom.

My name is Weston Brown, and I have served for nearly twenty years as a pastor, non-profit director, and church planter in contexts large and small. Currently, I am the founding pastor of Covenant Shreveport in Shreveport, LA, (covenantshreveport.org) and Executive Director of Continuum Network, a coaching and consulting ministry (continuumnetwork.org).

I love coaching pastors and ministry leaders, and I am a certified coach through CMM (Church Multiplication Ministries), a member of the International Coaching Federation, and a licensed trainer of the COACH Model for Christian Leaders. I studied literature at Louisiana Tech University and theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Currently, I am completing a DMin in Biblical Counseling at Southern Seminary in Louisville.

I have been married to Lindsay for nearly fifteen years, and together we homeschool our five daughters who range in age from 12 to 1.

Brian serves as the Executive Director of Strategic Leaders Group (strategicleadersgroup.com). His coaching experience includes leadership teams, governance boards, corporate high-level leaders and pastors. He is the Coaching Coordinator for the Excel Leadership Network and formerly served as the Senior Associate Pastor at Gate Way Church (gatewayvisalia.com) in Visalia, CA. Brian earned a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and attended Western Seminary.

Matt and Carrie Dilley live in Plainfield, Indiana, with their two children, Jackson (15) and Bailey (13). They enjoy playing board games, watching movies, and going to Disneyland.

They planted Tribe Church in September of 2018 in Plainfield Indiana just outside of Indianapolis (tribechurch.org) . They started coaching in January of 2022 and they love to work together as a couple to come alongside others that co-lead.

Matt’s StrengthFinder top 5 are Activator / Strategic / Ideation / Learner / Connectedness.

Carrie’s Strength Finder top 5 are Includer / Woo / Communication / Positivity / Ideation.

Both Carrie and Matt are passionate about church planting! They want to help planters succeed for the long haul. But, while they want the best for your church more than anything, they want the best for your family.

Born, raised, and married in Portland, OR. I moved to Austin as a parachute church planter in 2019 with my courageous wife of 26 years. We have 4 bio kids and 1 adopted. My “hobby time” is spent watching my son’s sports, helping my daughters with their entrepreneurial plans, keeping up with a toddler who thinks I live to make her life complete, and enjoying time with my amazing wife.

Outside of that, I love partnering with God to build His church and helping new planters get after it and do the same! I have had the privilege of planting two churches in the last 10 years. The first is in Bend, OR as the associate pastor, and the second is in the Austin, TX (thebeatchurch.com/) area as the lead planting pastor. Prior to planting churches, I spent 20 years as an entrepreneur starting and developing delis, coffee shops, children’s toy stores, and furniture stores.

My coaching experience includes 10+ years of coaching entrepreneurs, business owners, non-profit ministries, and church planters.

My top five strengths are Achiever, Learner, Individualization, Strategic, and Arranger.

I have always had a passion for helping people develop their God-given destinies. My deepest passion is for church planters because their success creates room for many others to find Jesus and thrive in their own ministry giftings.

I have been married for 20 years to the love of my life Simon Geller. We have 6 amazing children. Four boys and two girls. Ranging from age 9-23. Two of my children are very athletic so I have become the cheerleader while my husband has often taken the role of coach. My husband Simon and I lived in Battle Ground, WA for 13 years where my husband was a police officer and I worked for American Airlines.

We felt the Lord leading us to plant a church. In the summer of 2015, we moved to Livingston, Texas to start Life Vine Church (lvctx.com) . We had never been on staff in ministry in any capacity, but we knew we had heard from the Lord. What a journey it has been. God has been beyond faithful.

Life coaching is something I have always done, just not in a professional way. In 2020, I began to feel the Lord moving me from my current job of 25 years with American Airlines to helping others achieve their goals. I began to take classes to become a certified life coach. I recently retired from my long-time career to fulfill what God is calling me to now which is to coach church planters. Having had firsthand experience at church planting, I find myself passionate and experienced with the process. I feel very led to help those on the path to leading in ministry while following the leading of the Lord with their personal goals.

My top five strengths are harmony, relator, connectedness, restorative, and communication.

Being a church planter myself I have a big heart for church planters. Especially those who have had no prior experience just following the leading of the Lord. It takes courage and boldness to step out in blind faith and go where God called you to build something from the ground up. It is an incredible honor to coach someone through the process of building God’s kingdom. As a mom who worked full-time while planting a church, I have had to learn to wear many hats while simultaneously keeping my eyes on Jesus. I am incredibly zealous to copartner with women in ministry to help coach them toward their goals.

My name is Simon Geller and I have been married for over twenty years to Amanda Geller. We have six children together ranging from 23 to 9. I live in Livingston, Texas where we planted Life Vine Church (lvctx.com/) seven years ago in a rural community.

Church planting has been the most rewarding and hardest thing I have ever done and because of that, I am committed to helping people plant churches. I have helped plant multiple churches over the last five years and am excited to continue to watch new churches get planted and grow those that are planted.

I have been a sports coach for multiple sports and continue coaching today while also working with pastors one-on-one to encourage them and help them accomplish their goals. It is my heart to see every church planter succeed in the vision God has given them and I believe one of the absolute ways to do this is through having a coach. I personally have a coach and have been blessed by the help it has been to me and the church.

My top five strength finders are Woo, Positivity, Includer, Communication, and Developer.

This means I am “super excited” about you and will be “excited about your dreams”. I am “there for you” and will “communicate clearly” and celebrate with you on “your growth.”  So, in short, I am a super excited cheerleader that believes in you and wants to see you succeed in all things God has called you to do!