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Coaching Certification

A coach approach to helping people experience God and lead from his agenda to integrate, broaden and expand the Kingdom impact of the Experiencing God and Spiritual Leadership insights through integration with recognized coaching skill sets.

Certificate Training Process Required Elements

LEARN

  • Successful completion of the The Dynamics of Spiritual Leadership Coaching Workshop

 

  • Read (with writing assignments)

       – Experiencing God
       – Hearing God’s Voice
       – Spiritual Leadership,
          Revised & Expanded
       – Spiritual Leadership
Coaching

GROW

  • Four one-on-one Mentor Coaching Sessions
     

  • 40 Day Spiritual Journal

COMMIT

Coach within Blackaby Statement of Beliefs and according to Seven Realities principles and ICF ethical guidelines

PRACTICE

Peer Coaching Process—Ten sessions (typically in a triad) of coaching,
being coached, and serving as
an observer as your peers coach.

 

Additional outside coaching: 15 sessions total coaching a minimum of at least
three different persons not related to you,
with evaluations.

DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCE

  • Live Coaching Evaluation with the Director of Coaching
     

  • Final Interview with Richard Blackaby

Process Completion

We intend to ensure that persons certified by BMI:

1. Understand the principles of Experiencing God and Spiritual Leadership.
2. Are continuing to apply that message to their own lives.
3. Understand the Twelve Essential Coaching Skills
4. Have become competent in using spiritual leadership coaching skills.

Deadline

The process can normally be completed within 4-12 months. Certification students will have up to two (2) years to complete the process after enrollment. Those who fail to do so will automatically be placed in Inactive Status, which will require additional steps and costs on their part. 


To be reinstated to Active Status, they will need to:
· Request reactivation
· Pay a $250 Reactivation fee (including an additional Mentor Coaching Session)
· Re-attend a coaching workshop through BMI
· Re-activation will grant students an additional year to complete Certification.

Ongoing Learning

Every other month, we provide separate optional virtual gatherings for our coaching students and certified coaches to build community and learn new skills and approaches to coaching and building a coaching practice.

Cost for Certification Process

$2,895

($1000 deposit to begin the registration process)

Fee includes: 

– Workshop (workshop registration applied to fee)
– Books
– Spiritual Leadership Assessment Coaching Session
– Three Additional Coaching Sessions
– Triad Placement
– Evaluation and Feedback
– Blackaby Interview
– Signed Certificate
– Website Listing
– Special training opportunities (retreats are extra)

Testimonies

ICF CCEU Credits 

(International Coaching Federation)

For over a decade, BMI has been offering our Spiritual Leadership Coaching Workshop and Certificate process.

ICF Core Competencies to be earned 60 credits.
BMI separately awards 65.5 Resource Development credits.
Total CCE Credits awarded 125.5 (ICF and BMI)

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