After the first week of readings and a lot of discussions on readings, taking notes and how to improve oneself in these areas, I try to approach this week’s readings in light of those lessons. As we are reading this week assignment, \u201cMinning For Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders through Coaching,\u201d by Tom Camacho, I ask myself these two questions: (1.) what am learning from this book? and (2.) how can it benefit anyone, especially me?<\/p>\n
If I may, I would like to share a quote from the book that I believe is the purpose of this book. \u201cThe world needs more godly, thriving leaders. This book is written to help in this vital process of identifying, moulding, and shaping thriving leaders. We are called as leaders to mine for the gold in others, cooperate with God as he refines that gold and then help them invest that gold in the kingdom.\u201d<\/em>[1]<\/a> To restate it, I would say that the Mr. Camacho is telling the reader that a leader also has the responsibility of working along, or as he put it, \u2018assists\u2019 the \u2018master refiner\u2019 in the process of raising \u2018thriving leaders.\u2019 When I think of myself in light of this reading, I wonder what my part in this process would be. Should I be called to this role, or this is the responsibility of everyone that study or major in leadership? I hope I get the answer as I journey through this program.<\/p>\n One lesson that I learned from this book that is very important to me is that there are principles in God\u2019s refining process that leads to thriving [2]<\/a> (Camacho, 2019). Among these principles are (a.) in God\u2019s process of refining thriving leaders, we are His assistants, (b.) in one is in the refining process that is because HE (God) knows him\/her before birth, (c.) the greatest tool of the refining process is the Cross of Jesus, and (d.) the coaching process will help leaders discovers their \u2018sweetspot.\u2019 Based on this, If I have to be an assistant in the Kingdom\u2019s process of refining thriving leaders, I myself must be refined first. Then I could be able to participate in assisting in this process of refining thriving leaders.<\/p>\n I was having a conversation with a Micronesian pastor that is pastoring a church in Susanville, CA. He has been a pastor for several years; him and his family moved from their church in Guam, to pastor this particular church in Susanville because of the Micronesian members. He shared the need of more prayer for the leadership within our Micronesian churches in the mainland United States. In Micronesia, our churches are organized and belong to particular organizations, or group of churches. But out here in the U.S., each of the churches are independently on their own. Each pastors has their own way of running the church they pastor they way they see fit. Most of the time, there is no groups of board to be accountable to except, the LORD Himself. Without further description, I believe you can imagine what this is like. I am only mentioning this for two specific reasons: (1.) our Micronesian church leadership needs a lot of prayers, and (2.) after reading this book, I am thinking that this is probably what our leadership in our churches need: coaching or refining church leaders to be thriving leaders.<\/p>\n I never heard of this phrase or idea of \u2018coaching leaders,\u2019 especially leadership in the church; I mostly associated coaching to sports and others like chess-game players, or solo-singers; but never thought that coaching could also be use in church ministry settings. I am curious of what would it be like, a coaching ministry. Tomorrow in the afternoon, I will have my initial meeting with a coach, I am hoping to learn more about this.<\/p>\n