{"podcast":{"title":"The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast","slug":"the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731","podcast_index_feed_id":458731,"rss_url":"https://coachapproach.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.coachapproachministries.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/d/7/f/cd7f8cfd61078f3516c3140a3186d450/Podcast_Art-20260521-y86raobtqn.png","author":"Coach Approach Ministries","episode_count":518,"summary":"Welcome to the Coach Approach Ministries Podcast! Coaching is a skillset and a mindset that helps people find focus, discover options and take action. At CAM, we train the very best Christian coaches in the world, and over the last decade, we've trained well over a thousand. Through this podcast, we want to share insights from the Coaching Community and help you to develop a broader understanding of coaching. You can find out more about us at www.coachapproachministries.org and sign up for our proven coach training.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:18:48.713072+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731"},"episode":{"title":"Coaching is the Missing Tool for Discipleship (Rebroadcast)","slug":"coaching-is-the-missing-tool-for-discipleship-rebroadcast","published_at":"2026-01-29T08:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731/coaching-is-the-missing-tool-for-discipleship-rebroadcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731","url":"https://coachapproach.libsyn.com/coaching-is-the-missing-tool-for-discipleship-rebroadcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/coachapproach/CAP502_Discipleship.mp3?dest-id=313755","summary":"Coaching isn't just useful for discipleship—it may be the missing skill set for making disciple-makers. The conversation is candid, funny, and quietly sharp: COVID exposed shallow formation, and the church's \"information-first\" approach is often producing people who can pass the quiz but can't live the life. What this episode is really about How coaching skills turn discipleship from \"content delivery\" into \"life transformation,\" and why that matters if you want disciples who can actually reproduce—aka spiritual grandchildren. The main arc COVID as an x-ray: Tracy says the pandemic revealed weakness and shallowness in churches—faith wasn't helping people through reality as much as we assumed. Disciples vs. disciple-makers: Lots of systems can \"disciple\" people. The breakdown comes when those people are supposed to disciple others…and don't. Coaching as the bridge: Listening, powerful questions, Holy Spirit awareness, concise observations, encouragement—these are the exact \"soft skills\" disciple-makers need. Ownership beats compliance: If a person doesn't own the next step, they won't do it. Coaching helps them name it, choose it, and commit to it. Gold analogies and quotable moments \"Checkbox Christianity\" : Brian compares conversion to clicking \"I agree\" on software terms you didn't read…until life hits and you realize you never actually understood what you signed up for. David wearing Saul's armor: What works for the discipler isn't automatically the right \"rule of life\" for the disciple. Customization matters. Your gallbladder parable: ER doc assumed you wouldn't change (\"you'll be back; let's take it out\"). Family doctor assumed change is possible and coached you toward it—so you kept your gallbladder. That becomes the whole discipleship point: do we assume people…","meta_description":"Coaching isn't just useful for discipleship—it may be the missing skill set for making disciple-makers. The conversation is candid, funny, and quietly sha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731/episodes/coaching-is-the-missing-tool-for-discipleship-rebroadcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coach-approach-ministries-podcast-458731/coaching-is-the-missing-tool-for-discipleship-rebroadcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}