Coaching fosters discovery, insight, and action. This kind of clarity leads to hope!
Your coach listens, asks insightful questions, and supports you as you create your own practical action steps to move forward in discernment, planning, and growth.
All our coaches are trained in the COACH Model® and are committed to walking with you prayerfully on your coaching journey.
Hear how coaching is making a difference today:
ECC COACHES
Rev. Chris Bannon
Rochester, NH
Day Job: Lead Pastor, The Commons ECC. Realtor. Carpenter. Outdoorsman Philosopher At-Large.
What I love about coaching: The empowering nature of clarifying questions and conversations to catalyze flourishing within the context of calling.
Mission statement for coaching: To be, make, mature, and multiply wholehearted followers of Jesus.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2018
“Church as Network” (Underground Network) microchurch specialization
16 years vocational ministry, 8 years church planting
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Church Planting, Bi/co-vocational ministry, Entrepreneurship, Microchurch, College Ministry, Fly Fishing, Book Reading, Pipe Smoking
Rev. Jeannette Conver
Essex Junction, VT
Day Job: Pastor of Covenant Community Church
What I love about coaching: I love helping coachees discover their own priorities and strategies. It’s exciting to see their eyes light up as they get clarity on issues in front of them.
Mission statement for coaching: To encourage leaders to discover the questions that perplex them and craft answers to them.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Church Revitalization, Serving Globally, Mentoring Pastors, Racial Righteousness, Working for Healthy Egalitarian Ministry Opportunities, Clergywomen, Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines, Leader Formation, Pastoral Care
Rev. Greg Ellis
Savage, MN
Day Job: Leadership Coach — Owner Missional Coaching, LLC and Church Planter
What I love about coaching: I love how coaching creates focus where clarity was lacking, and completed actions where a leader had been stuck.
Mission statement for coaching: I want to help leaders feel like their wells are filled up, and they are serving from a place of abundance, and they are excited to go to work everyday! I am passionate about taking leaders to the next level. I love to meet people where they are — partnering with them in their journey and creating environments where each one can clarify, cultivate, and flourish in their unique calling and gifting.
Coaching credentials:
Completed Coaching Workshop Certification
Completed Coaching Mastery Workshop
Completed Missional Formation Coaching
ACC from the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Certified Strengths Communicator
Certified Grip-Birkman Coach
Completed Advanced Group and Team Coaching Training
Certified Coaching Workshop for Christian Leaders Trainer
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Solo Pastor, Lead Pastor, Lay Leader, House Church, Discipleship, Spiritual Practices, Productivity, Clifton Strengths (StrengthsFinder), Grip-Birkman Personality Inventory
Rev. Barbara Vincent Ettinger
Vernon, CT
Day Job: Executive Associate Superintendent, East Coast Conference of the Covenant Church
What I love about coaching: I love resourcing leaders and empowering them to do what God has called them to do. Coaching helps people tap into all that God has placed inside them and gets them unstuck and moving into their next steps in life and ministry.
Mission statement for coaching: Resourcing leaders who thrive through personal transformation and lead their organizations into a new future.
Coaching credentials:
Doctor of Ministry (abd), Lifelong Leader Formation, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2024
COACH Model® Licensed Mastery Coach, Creative Results Management, 2019
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2018
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Vocational Identity, Personal Growth, Leader Formation, Interpersonal Skills, Self Awareness, Transitions, Women in Ministry, Team Formation and Development
Rev. Brad Frost
Keene, NH
Day Job: Co-Lead Pastor, Monadnock Covenant Church
What I love about coaching: I love pastors! Any opportunity to grow in our craft is exciting to me, and coaching has been especially helpful in my own ministry, and in the ministries of many I know. I love that coaching allows us to see things we already knew, but couldn’t quite identify, and act on these new insights!
Mission statement for coaching: Helping pastors gain a perspective they didn’t know they had, in order to effectively minister in their context.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2020
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Rural, Medium City, Small City, Midwest, East Coast, contexts; Church Vitality; Interim Pastors, Co-Pastors, Church Staff (technology); Church Planting; Polity/Organizational Transition; Sankofa; Racial Righteousness Pathway
Rev. Paula Frost
Bayport, MN – Twin Cities Metro Area
Day Job: Spiritual Director and Coach
What I love about coaching: I love partnering with pastors as we listen together for the convergence of internal and external realities. When we discover this intersection, we are able to clarify challenges and discern what comes next. I experience joy and satisfaction watching colleagues become aware of or untangle options, finding that there is indeed a tangible, attainable step forward to be taken.
Mission statement for coaching: Supporting ministry leaders with presence and powerful questions so they can discover and follow through on actions that flow from a healthy awareness of themselves and their ministry context.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, COACH Model Training through FOCUS LIFE with Duke Dillard, ACC, 2020
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Church Systems, Compassionate Catalytic Leadership, Children and Family Ministry, Lifestyle Discipleship, Church-Community Partnerships, Resourceful Communication, Spiritual Direction and Formation, Differentiation between Identity and Call, Women in Ministry
Rev. Corenna Boucher Hoyt
Greenville, RI
Day Job: State Director of Young Life in Rhode Island
What I love about coaching: I love how coaching reveals the wisdom of the individual, rather than the coach. It’s a joy to enable people to tap into all God has placed in them to bring clarity and take next steps, particularly in places they have been stuck or static.
Mission statement for coaching: Creating space for leaders to be empowered in the flourishing life of personal transformation, enabling them to experience satisfaction and thrive as leaders and ministers.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church 2022
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Belonging and Diversity, Racial Righteousness, Clergywomen, Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines, Leader Formation, Pastoral Care, Mission and Ministry, Children and Family Ministry, Youth Ministry, Equipping Teams and Leadership Development, Parenting
Sonia J Iglesias
Bronx, NY
Day Job: Educator for NYC Department of Education
What I love about coaching: Is the joy of hearing and seeing others pinpoint their desires, strengths, weaknesses, goals and begin to discover who they are, what they want and need, and how to get there, as well as be a part of their amazing journey. The ah ha moments are a joy to see and feel.
Mission statement for coaching: Helping and encouraging others bridge their passions, skills, ideas and creativity to their dreams, while preparing and helping them thrive in their tangible outcomes.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2018
NYSCTF – Certificate of Chaplaincy 2018
Father’s Heart Homeless Ministry – Certificate 2019
Former Associate Pastor at Promised Land Covenant Church 2012-2020
MDiv – Nyack College ATS 2012
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Outreach Ministry, Prison Ministry, Teaching/Discipleship, Mental Health Ministry, Homeless Ministry, Missions, Worship, Chaplaincy and Coaching
Sarah Cowan Johnson
Providence , RI
Day Job: Ministry Consultant, Trainer, Coach
What I love about coaching: I love helping people make forward progress, become unstuck, and see breakthrough.
Mission statement for coaching: Providing strategic leadership and practical tools for the flourishing of the Church.
Coaching credentials:
COACH Model® Licensed Mastery Coach, Creative Results Management, 2021
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2018
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Church Planting, First Call, Women Clergy, Church Growth, Leadership Development, Children/Family ministry teams, Parents
Rev. Kevin Kokx
Nashua, NH
Day Job: Real Estate Agent
What I love about coaching: Opportunity of what could be. It’s incredible when space and time is given, what new opportunities can be created.
Mission statement for coaching: Helping people to realize, reimagine, and refocus what they are called into.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2020
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Youth Ministry, Church Planting, Bi-Vocational Ministry
Rev. Sandi Lee
West Hartford, CT
Day Job: Administrative Manager, East Coast Conference
What I love about coaching: I love journeying alongside leaders, creating space and opportunity to ask clarifying questions to foster deeper understanding, discern action steps and create momentum towards transformation.
Mission statement for coaching: Resourcing leaders for personal, social and organizational transformation to better connect with God’s people, purposes, and passion.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2020
Inter-Cultural Intelligence trained (ICI), KnowledgeWorkx (2021)
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Global Missions, Leader Formation, Multiethnic Ministry, Clergywomen, Clergy of Color, Justice and Racial Righteousness, Organizational Systems, Interpersonal Skills
Rev. Sanetta Ponton
Englewood, NJ
Day Job: Pastor of Justice, Advocacy and Compassion, Metro Community Church; Director, Metro Community Center
What I love about coaching: I love guiding people to discover what God has already placed inside of them to help them discern next steps, and journeying with them along the way.
Mission statement for coaching: To support pastors and leaders as they equip the saints and build the body of Christ.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2021
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Community Development, Justice and Racial Righteousness, Women Clergy, Clergy of Color, Associate/Assistant Pastoring, Multiethnic Ministry
Rev. Ancy Post
Englewood, NJ
Day Job: Pastor of Family Ministries
What I love about coaching: I love walking and partnering with people as they discover what God has already placed in them as they seek clarity in their journey. This clarity can lead to creating next steps and strategies to reach their goals.
Mission statement for coaching: To encourage and facilitate leadership growth so that they can fully live into their calling from God.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2021
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Leadership development, Youth Ministry, Children’s ministry, Family Ministry, Mentoring Pastors, Discipleship, Pastoral Care, Women in Ministry, Parenting, Multi-ethnic ministry, Justice and Racial Righteousness, Leading teams
Rev. Amanda Sadlier
New York City, NY
Day Job: Pastor, Mosaic Roosevelt Island Covenant Church
What I love about coaching: Watching people realize that they are far more equipped than they had imagined. It is a true joy to see people accomplish goals that they had assumed were too challenging. I am always inspired through coaching sessions with pastors and leaders.
Mission statement for coaching: Working on this. Maybe my coach will help me find the right words.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2018, 2020
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Church Planting, Co-Leading with a Spouse, Youth, Worship Arts, Fundraising, Parenting, Marriage, Women in Ministry, Technical Systems, Urban Ministry, International Ministry, Adoption and Foster Care
Rev. JT Shupe
BEDFORD, NH
Day Job: Associate Pastor, Bethany Covenant Church. Husband. Father.
Community Volunteer. Professional Ski Instructor.
What I love about coaching: I love how coaching brings the person closer
to God to discover “what’s next.” The coaching times and resources foster
clarity and steps forward for the person being coached.
Mission statement for coaching: Developing, equipping and releasing
leaders for Kingdom impact.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church,
2020
Stephen Ministry Leader Training, Stephen Ministry, Orlando, FL, 2012
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Solo Pastor, Church
Staff Pastor, Ministry Leader (volunteer or staff), Discipleship, Leadership
Development, Outreach, Spiritual Rhythms, Service, Skiing and family.
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Rev. Jane Spriggs
Seattle, WA
Day Job: Pastor and Coach
What I love about coaching: I love helping pastors discern their next steps in life and ministry.
Mission statement for coaching: I empower pastors and leaders to thrive during transitions, and I encourage pastors and leaders to excel in life and ministry.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2021
Coaching Mastery Certificate Program, 3/2022, Creative Results Management
Completed Asynchronous Coaching Foundations, Coaching4Clergy
Pursuing ICF certification – ACC expected by 2023
25+ year’s experience counseling, mentoring and guiding people.
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Emotionally Healthy Leadership, Church Revitalization, Racial Righteousness, Women in Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Worship
Rev. Sherin Mathew Swift
New York City, NY
Day Job: Pastor of Connections and Equipping, New Life Fellowship Church
What I love about coaching: We all have moments when we get stuck, and I love to help people regain momentum towards the goals and dreams God has given them. I love that coaching helps them discover that much of what they need God has already placed within them.
Mission statement for coaching: Empowering others to grow personally and professionally, helping them discern a path forward and navigate obstacles, so they can live fully into the gifts and vocation God has given them.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2021
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Discipleship, Personal Spiritual Formation, Leader Formation, Bi-vocational Ministry, Career changes, Non-profit leadership, Business Admin, Accounting, Pastoral Care, Abuse, Trauma, Women Clergy, Clergy of Color, Multiethnic Ministry, Marriage, Parenting, Writing
Brian Wylie
South Windsor, CT
Day Job: Engineering Leader at Pratt & Whitney
What I love about coaching: I love it when people hear from God. I’ve seen coaching help people – both myself and others – hear from Him in powerful ways. As a coach, I get to be part of that process, and it is an amazing experience!
Mission statement for coaching: To build in to people, so the Kingdom of God comes alive in their hearts.
Coaching credentials:
Coaching Workshop Intensive Certification, The Evangelical Covenant Church, 2021
Areas of interest and specializations in ministry: Lay leadership, Discipleship, Teams, Supervision, Project Management, Spiritual Development