Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders through Coaching

by Tom Camacho

The stresses and burdens of Christian leadership leave many church leaders feeling discouraged, inadequate and broken. The expectations placed on them by the church, their congregations and by themselves can lead to ineffectiveness and burn out. The hierarchical, top-down form leadership paradigm that has been prevalent in culture and the church is now failing us. This needs to change. There is a global need for empowered and thriving leaders. There are many Christian leadership books, most of them emphasize a particular perspective or skill needed to be an effective leader. However, few leadership books tie together the foundation of identity with calling and empowerment. This book outlines a process and model that leaders can use to draw together identity, purpose, character and calling to become a healthy leader and to develop leaders around them. The book ties together biblical principles, God-given identity and ministry tools of coaching and mentoring to offer a fresh contribution and perspective for developing more and better leaders. As such this book will be especially helpful to the leader who feels stuck or lacks clarity, yet still longs to make a significant impact in their lives.

186 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2019

Reviews

[Ashley Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

What's fascinating is while the book's intent is to teach you to coach, the book is also coaching YOU along the way.

My only note of concern with this book was the chapter about finding your "sweet spot". While it's certainly worth thinking about and identifying, It misses a key circle in the Venn diagram of geography/company culture fit. The fact is, it is extremely challenging to find a job /where you live/ that meets all your passion criteria. Of course, unless you're an entrepreneur, which I most definitely am not.