No priest or ministry leader should have to lead alone.  Our goal is to provide every new seminary graduate with the coaching support that they need to thrive in their new ministry assignments.
​With your help, we can also support parish health for smaller and mission churches.​

​The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, President, St. Vladimir’s Seminary​

"Few would argue that we find in our ecclesial world a deficit in leadership. With Orthodox Christian Coaching, our graduates can build on the limited exposure that they have received in seminary that will surely raise the level of competence in pastoral leadership.” 

Fr. John Parker, Dean, St. Tikhon’s Seminary
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"I began regular sessions and I was astounded to find my doubts and reservations about coaching falling so quickly. I so wholeheartedly endorse this program which helps at the most basic - and advanced - levels of leadership and interpersonal relations and communications.”  
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"I found my coaching experience to be an invaluable resource as I stepped into my first parish as a priest. ​I used my time with my coach to work through practical and every day issues that come up in a parish. But as our relationship progressed, my coach and I delved deeper, taking several sessions to work through establishing a vision for my parish that is both universal and specific to our unique context. As a result, I was well-equipped to cast an articulate and overarching long-term vision for my parish -- setting a tone that I hope will outlast me! This is precisely why I believe that Orthodox Christian Coaching is so important for the development of compassionate and visionary priests." - Fr. Thomas Miller

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"Starting ministry as a new pastor of a parish, I quickly found myself faced with several unforeseen challenges.  My experience of having a professional Orthodox Christian coach to verbally process the many new situations and challenges in parish life, has been extremely rewarding. My coach expertly and patiently, through gentle yet persistent questions, helped draw out the answer to my problem that was there all along. I would highly recommend Orthodox Christian Coaching for priests or lay leaders just starting out in parish ministry, as well as more seasoned leaders who may discern a need for fruitful conversations with a coach in order to overcome current obstacles they face." - ​Fr. Philip McClanahan

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If you wish to express your gratitude to the Lord for His provision through this ministry, we will receive your gift with joy and commitment to steward it through the work of Orthodox Christian Coaching. Your contribution supports ministry leadership development for clergy and seminary graduates.  "Freely we have received" (Matt. 10:8), so we strive to exclude no one from our programs and resources. ​We are committed to thriving local parishes, so please consider your tithe to your local parish before giving to the Orthodox Christian Coaching. Let us cultivate parish life that flourishes in service to God and neighbor!​

Donations may be written and sent to:

Orthodox Christian Coaching
Attn: Hollie Benton, Executive Director
1613 Ashbury Place
​Eagan, MN  55122

We may also receive gifts of stock and mutual funds through these FORMS.​

Anonymous gifts, with tax benefits, may be written and sent to:

​The Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative Single Charity Fund
National Christian Foundation
7701 France Ave. S., Suite 360
​Edina, MN 55435
 

Does your employer match your contributions?

Find us at Benevity.
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