Be the Leader God
Created You to Be

Passion in Partnership Ministries (PIP) is dedicated to the development of life-long fruitful ministry and resilient leaders. Our processes provide transformative practices for clergy and lay leaders that support whole system change. Our partner clients develop well defined leader competencies that renew and engage the individual and the community in which they serve.

Clergywomen Coaching Grant

North Carolina Conference Clergywomen may
receive free coaching through a generous grant

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Development Guide for Effective Ministry

This guide is intended for people who are seeking to develop leadership behaviors and practices, as well as those who are supporting them in their development.

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What People Are Saying About
Passion In Partnership

Imagine the last time you had an issue in your ministry and wanted someone to help you clarify next steps: that’s what coaching is for.

Rev. Gray Southern

Assistant to Bishop,

North Carolina Conference

The opportunity to work with a coach in those first several months of a new appointment gave me the best possible beginning.

Rev. Claire Clyburn

First UMC, Graham

Coaching creates a positive conversation and energy allowing one to clarify their personal values, imagine new possibilities, and identify hopeful steps in making better decisions.

Bishop Paul Leeland

Retired UMC Bishop

There have been times in my life that I have been afraid to share a dream, but coaching has taught me that you can’t let the God dream just sit inside.

Bishop Leonard Fairley

Kentucky Annual Conference & North Carolina Annual Conference

Coaching enables ministers to get from hesitation or disorganization to deliberate action and ministry…It is a gift and a life-line in a wonderful but difficult profession.

Rev. Courtney Randel

New England Conference

My coach has helped me to uncover the beauty of ministry from many different angles. I look forward to my coaching calls and give God thanks for this important and fruitful ministry!

Rev. Josh Kurtz

Assurance UMC

Development Guide

Clergywomen Coaching Grant

Imagine the last time you had an issue in your ministry and wanted someone to help you clarify next steps: that’s what coaching is for.

Coaching creates a positive conversation and energy allowing one to clarify their personal values, imagine new possibilities, and identify hopeful steps in making better decisions.

There have been times in my life that I have been afraid to share a dream, but coaching has taught me that you can’t let the God dream just sit inside.

The opportunity to work with a coach in those first several months of a new appointment gave me the best possible beginning.

Coaching enables ministers to get from hesitation or disorganization to deliberate action and ministry…It is a gift and a life-line in a wonderful but difficult profession.

My coach has helped me to uncover the beauty of ministry from many different angles. I look forward to my coaching calls and give God thanks for this important and fruitful ministry!

B-ELI

Creating a Culture of Adaptive Discipleship

This course is designed to help develop leaders in your church who use an Appreciative Inquiry process to continuously refine the culture of your church so that more people engage in relevant practices of discipleship.

B-ELI

Strengthening Resilience

At the completion of this cohort you will have tools to increase personal resilience and lead in stressful situations.

B-ELI

Spiritual Disciplines: Foundation for Resilient Ministry

This course is designed to offer opportunities for content discussion and reflection, for practice of spiritual disciplines as a group and with a participant partner, and for mutual sharing of ideas and applications to everyday ministry.

B-ELI

Leading with Agility

In this course, we will more clearly understand our own leadership skills and grow in our ability to lead with agility in an ever-changing ministry context.

B-ELI

Provocative Hope

This 14-week group will develop and practice key collaborative leadership skills to more fully articulate and implement the vision and mission of the church.

What People Are Saying About
Passion In Partnership

What People Are Saying About
Passion in Partnership

Bishop's Emerging Leadership Initiative
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