Start A Coaching Program

If you are considering starting a marriage outreach ministry or couple coaching program, MarriageTeam can help with MarriageTeam programs that meet three different needs.Start a coaching program

  • Couples who are seriously dating or engaged (PREPARE inventory)
  • Couples looking for enrichment (ENRICH inventory)
  • Couples experiencing serious challenges

MarriageTeam can manage the entire program for you.  This includes training the coaches and then managing the coaching process.  Activities include conducting the intake interviews, scheduling the PREPARE or ENRICH inventory, placing the couple with a coach couple, tracking results, and performing end of coaching evaluations.  MarriageTeam coaches become a resource for the pastoral staff and provide an excellent outreach into the community.

In our experience, it is a lead couple or a pastor who has the vision for a coaching program and understands how it can complement the marital counseling that is often performed by pastoral staff. If it is a pastor, he or she can facilitate the ministry by recruiting a “lead couple” to coordinate with MarriageTeam. This enables the pastor to delegate the day-to-day operations of the coaching program and it helps to get members involved in ministry.

The lead couple has several responsibilities that can be delegated to other couples. These responsibilities include:

  • Promoting coaching through articles and announcements
  • Advertising coaching in the local community as an outreach
  • Recruiting potential new coach couples
  • Responding to inquiries about how coaching works from prospective couples
  • Acting as a focal point for the pastoral staff to coordinate coaching referrals
  • Providing a forum for coach couple fellowship, involvement, planning, recruiting and on-going skill development

MarriageTeam can assist the lead couple with all the back-up administrative support of doing the intakes, administering the PREPARE/ENRICH inventory, and conducting the follow-up evaluations.  MarriageTeam provides sample brochures, announcements, procedures, materials, and curriculum for getting a coaching capability started.  There are many creative ideas and approaches for accomplishing these responsibilities and a small cadre of commitment coach couples can create a very successful program.

For more information contact us for specifics on how we can help you meet the needs of your church.