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Pastor's Coach
LIKE ROCKET FUEL* FOR CHURCH
Growing a church in quality AND quantity is hard. We make it a lot easier, more effective, less stressful, and even fun.
*Activating the Fivefold ministry gifts, combining the supernatural AND the superpractical.
WHAT WE DO
WE TRAIN PASTORS of small to medium-sized churches to activate the fivefold ministry to reach the lost, make godly disciples, and develop healthy leaders.
“I so appreciate Michael Brodeur and his heart to invest in pastors and leaders. One of the best I know. He's made a huge impact on my own life."
-- Banning Liebscher
Senior Pastor, Jesus Culture Church Sacramento
Michael Brodeur
Coach to Pastors and Leaders,
Founder Pastor’s Coach and Destiny Finder,
Husband to Diane,
and Father to seven.
Hi! Michael Brodeur here.
Dear Pastor,
We get it.
Growing a church is hard, really hard.
Especially if you’re a small to medium sized church. And Covid didn’t help either.
Like most pastors, you’re probably concerned that you’re not reaching enough new people.
And when they do come, it’s hard to keep them.
You’re preaching, leading groups, praying, visiting the hospital, planning a funeral or a wedding, trying to do it all.
You’re trying to be superpastor… and what you get is super‑stressed!
Should I cancel Sunday morning and do cell groups?
Start door to door visitation? Do a podcast? Advertise on Facebook?
Hire that Christian marketing company?
*please, can we just get raptured out of here?*
Look, most pastors are doing their best, preaching and teaching their hearts out.
Trying to care for everyone. Working all the time, missing family events because you’re the minister and you’ve got to do the ministry.
But that will suck you dry. And kill your church.
We’d rather put our head in the oven (an old Jewish joke) than pastor a church that way.
But you’re reading this now, because your church isn’t where you want it to be– and where you know Jesus has called it to be.
Or maybe you’re doing ok, but know your church is called to much more.
More souls.
More healing.
More maturity in your people.
More time with your family.
When your time is up, you want to hear Jesus say, “Well done, you good and faithful servant.”
We’ve got great news for you…
Because soon you’ll be feeling like, “We can do this.”
You’ll be developing people, and equipping leaders that are unleashed for ministry.
Healthy growth.
And you won’t have to do it all yourself.
It all starts by choosing your adventure below…
*cue angels singing*
OUR OFFERING
GET A CHURCH HEALTH "CHECKUP"
ASSESSMENT
Start with an accurate diagnosis…Take the Church Health Assessment and get a 360‑degree picture of your church health. Comprehensive results with bar charts, 60 problem-specific solution videos.
You don’t know what you don’t know…
LEARN HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF
COURSES
Church growth and leadership training for churches serious about growing DEEPER and WIDER, on discipleship, marketplace ministry, small groups, fivefold ministry, evangelism (and everything else).
250+ hrs of supernatural & superpractical videos
MINISTRIES WE WORK WITH
TRY IT FOR FREE
Here is a sample assessment. Get a “checkup” of how your church is doing with our Free Church Growth Assessment; 5‑questions, instant results.
GROW FASTER AND DEEPER
Stop running around like crazy, putting out fire after fire. Instead, grow your church with a Biblical and data-driven approach that gives you a proven framework to reach and develop people for their God-given calling.
IT'S OLD SCHOOL DISCIPLESHIP
With a 21st Century Twist!
WE'VE DONE IT
Michael and his wife Diane did this when they planted a Vineyard church in San Francisco in the 80s, starting with four people in their living room. It grew to became one of the largest and most impactful churches in the City in a generation.
AND HELPED 1000's OF PASTORS
"what they're doing... is profound."
— Banning Liebscher, Lead Pastor, Jesus Culture Church, Sacramento, CA, USA
"...dial in to pastorscoach.com."
— Duncan Smith, President, Catch the Fire World Movement
"I have to pinch myself..."
— Ron Burns, Senior Pastor New Covenant Christian Church, Lansing, MI, USA
"We are loving it!"
— James and Dannielle Howes, Pastors, Christian Life Church, Kyogle, Australia
Michael and Diane became Regional Overseers for over 25 churches in Northern California, and Michael went on to teach at ministry schools and coach pastors. He and Glen Reed launched DestinyFinder.com in 2011, Michael founded PastorsCoach.com in 2014, and we’ve trained hundreds of pastors on every continent except Antarctica.
We’ve combined the incredibly powerful DestinyFinder.com tools (over 125,000 users), with Biblically-based and proven teaching, assessments and coaching, to create a ‘system’ we’ve used to…
- Take a church in Michigan that was doing ok, and light a fire in it so their leaders can barely keep up with people who want to serve! (Pastor Ron Burns said, “I have to pinch myself… the momentum we’re seeing is crazy.”)
- Revolutionize a pastor and his church in Baltimore: “It’s been absolutely life-changing for myself personally…And it’s totally changed the dynamic of our church where we have so many more people coming into leadership and walking out their destiny and calling.” Pastor Matt Stutzman
- Transform a church leadership team in Canada “I feel like God’s pulled the cork on all my leaders, and I’m not pulling this plow by myself anymore.” Pastor Paul Berteig
- Kickstart a church in Australia: “This is bringing health, clarity and adjustment to my husband and I as the senior pastors of our church and to our leadership team…We have been growing as a church and experiencing a fresh season of God’s power and anointing.” Pastors James and Danielle Howes
- Energize a pastor in Arizona: “…my life was changed forever and there’s no going back.” Pastor Mike Harding
And so on… Listen, we could easily fill up this entire page with hundreds of success stories like these.
Because we’ve used this ‘system’ in every type of church you can think of.
And we’ve worked with church plants, small churches, and large churches including one with over 16,000 members, on every continent.
In other words, our “system” (old-school discipleship and biblical leadership models with a 21st century twist) is the most powerful church growth accelerator we’ve ever seen for…
IGNITING YOUR PEOPLE
& CREATING
A SUPERNATURAL & SUPERPRACTICAL
ON-FIRE CHURCH
“Grace Family Church: % of Increase in 2017
(All numbers reflect Year To Date, Month over Month)
- Jan: Giving +61% | Attendance +54%
- Feb: Giving +107% | Attendance +64%
- Mar: Giving +31% | Attendance +40%
- Apr: Giving +75% | Attendance +6%
Our [out of the park home-run] goal is a 20% increase YTD – MOM. We are killing our goals and I believe in large part it’s due to PastorsCoach.com.”
— Nathan Hurst, Pastor, Grace Family Church, Davenport, Iowa
I know we’re making some bold claims. I really hate “hype” but I can tell you, this is for real.
(And no, you don’t need a big building, or a cafe, or a celebrity worship leader, or even outstanding preaching. (Although I’m sure most of you can bring it’ on Sunday morning. But that’s not the key…)
Jesus didn’t make disciples in a classroom…
He focused on a small group of leaders who changed the world.
We can help you do the same.
The goal is to…
MAXIMIZE THE MOBILIZATION OF EVERY MEMBER FOR MINISTRY
That’s a lot of m’s lol. But how do we do that?
- First we’ll help you lead effectively by making the paradigm shift to the Apostolic Family Development framework, and adopt proven best practices that grow churches in quality AND quantity.
- Then we’ll help you train your leadership team to do lead effectively.
- Finally, we’ll help you help your leaders develop the members, resulting in increased spiritual maturity, more volunteers, increased giving. and increased attendance as they reach the lost.
How will that happen?
You can choose from several levels of involvement, from our premier Mastermind program to DIY using our Course Library.
WE WROTE THE BOOK ON
HOW TO DEVELOP MORE LEADERS AND DISCIPLES THAN YOU CAN HANDLE
The Quintessential Church Revolution, a Manual for Pastors, is the ultimate guide to creating a thriving New Testament Church by activating the fivefold ministry. It’s a comprehensive resource making the best of the best of our training almost for free.
It’s got everything! It’s the textbook we use in our pastor’s Boot Camp, covering vision, mission, planning, the fivefold ministry, doing church as a spiritual family, building culture, Destiny Finder, people development, leadership development, team development, outreach, implementation. It even includes a small group program, an implementation guide, and a two-year Action Plan.
“It’s not a program. It’s a total paradigm shift for ministry, out of traditionalism and into the leadership model and church building strategy that Jesus intended."
-- Pastor Mike Harding, Love Gospel Church, Arizona, USA (Boot Camp 2018)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
DO Road Map type expandable sections
DON'T DO THIS:
BE EVERYONE’S BEST FRIEND, DO ALL THE MINISTRY, AND SACRIFICE YOUR FAMILY
Don’t try to be super-pastor…
In fact, we advise that you don’t try to care for everyone. What?
That’s not your job.
Your job is to equip people for ministry.
How does that work? We can show you.
So don’t waste any more time going in circles, preaching and teaching your heart out but not seeing the fruit you long for.
You can keep doing the same thing… and getting the same results. You can keep on getting frustrated and not accelerate, stagnate or even decline…
or you can join in with us and get breakthrough!
HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM…
other coaches or “experts”?
We’ve done it, we’ve created a proven set of training resources and tools, and we actually help you do it.
Michael Brodeur’s story
Michael is the Founder of Pastor’s Coach and Co-Founder of Destiny Finder.
Michael was raised in San Francisco by counterculture parents and got radically saved in the 70s. Early on he was preaching on the streets in San Francisco, and was part of a Christian house ministry ministering to street people and drug addicts.
In 1983 he met John Wimber and that changed everything. He was mentored by John, and he and his wife Diane planted a Vineyard church in San Francisco in 84. It grew to be one of the largest churches the City had seen in a generation. He became a regional overseer, eventually overseeing 30 Vineyard churches.
He went on to coach pastors, and teach church planting and church leadership at ministry schools. In 2011 he and Glen Reed launched the first destinyfinder.com website, and it now has over 100,000 users. In 2014 he founded PastorsCoach.com, providing training and resources. He was awarded a honorary Doctorate of Divinity
Now, in addition to coaching pastors around the world, he serves with Catch the Fire and Jesus Culture, training pastors and influencing movements. His passion is to see the body of Christ fully mobilized for ministry, that the Lamb that was slain might receive the reward of his suffering, a mature bride.
Glen Reed’s Story
Glen is Michael’s ministry partner at Pastor’s Coach and Destiny Finder.
Glen got saved as a student at UC Davis in 1971 during the Jesus Movement and was involved in campus ministry for 8 years. He moved to San Francisco in 79 and served in ministry with a church there for 10 years. In 1989 he joined in with Michael at the Vineyard in San Francisco. He did an MDiv at Western Seminary, and was an associate pastor at the SF Vineyard, and led their school of ministry for several years.
Glen also worked in the corporate world for years, doing technical and marketing writing and training for high-tech clients including Oracle, Blue Shield, US Web and more.
Glen co-founded destinyfinder.com with Michael, and has worked full time with Destiny Finder and Pastor’s Coach since 2016. He does everything from designing the Boot Camp and Mastermind programs, overseeing development of destinyfinder.com, to developing content for both websites, coaching, training, marketing and taking care of customers. His passion is to bring these amazing tools and resources to the church around the world, to see believers unleashed for the Lord.
Jeff Wittmer’s Story
Jeff is the head coach at Pastor’s Coach and Destiny Finder.
Jeff was a church planter, and also a senior pastor in Ohio for 20 years, and a youth pastor before that. Jeff is a CTA Certified Life Coach, entrepreneur, and trainer of coaches and leaders. He is the founder of Burning Bush Life Coaching, and the California Coaching Collaborative, which offers Certification Credentials for Life Coaches.
In addition to coaching, Jeff is a teacher and motivational speaker.
SAYS WHO?
"...we're seeing people get saved."
— Matt Stutzman, Senior Leader, Church at Baltimore, MD, USA
"...my life was changed forever..."
— Mike Harding, Senior Pastor, Love Gospel Church, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
"It was so encouraging..."
— Adam Mathias, Pastor, Kindle Church, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
"...tested, usable information"
— Jamie Hansen, Senior Pastor, The Well, Seattle, WA, USA
"helped me past some hurdles!"
— Kurt Jenkins, Pastor, Central Assembly of God, Houston, PA, USA
"I was ready to retire ..."
— Paul Berteig, Pastor, Genesis Church, Prince George, Canada
HIT THE BUTTON!
Since we’re including multiple one-on-one personal coaching sessions in the Mastermind, space is limited – so act now to get started on your breakthrough. Your future self will thank you!