Thank you for your interest in pursuing a credential with the International Christian Coaching Institute (ICCI). Please complete all requested information in all sections or mark "N/A" if not applicable. You may save your work and resume the process at a later time, but please note that uploads will not be saved.

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Demographics

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Education/Training in Christian Life Coaching

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ICCI Foundations I, II, III - 30 hours
ICCI Personal Development - 10 hours
ICCI Mini-Course - 1.5 hours
Assemblies of God World Missions - Growth Partner Coaching Training - 3 day event - 24 hours of teaching and group training
Alongside 3 week Counseling Intensive - 12 hours of in-person classes on mental health topics

Other applicable learning - Leslie Vernick Core Group 2022-2023
Dr Henry Cloud - boundaries.me
Dr Stephanie Holmes - Neurodiverse Couples 101 class

• AlongsideJenileeGoodwin.pdf
• IMG_1631.HEIC
• Growth-Partner-Training-Overview-Birchwood-2022.pdf
• Growth-Partner-Cadre.pdf
• Foundations2.pdf
• Foundations3.pdf
• Growing.pdf
• certfoundations1.pdf
• EPCourseCertificate.pdf

Mentoring in Christian Life Coaching

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Field Experience in Christian Life Coaching

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As a pastor and missionary, I have completed many hours over many years of 1:1 mentoring, coaching, and discipleship. Using methods like the 360 assessment tool with church leaders, discipleship programs, and book studies to help with the development, training and growth of youth leaders, adult leaders, group classes and training events for other ministry leaders. I do not have an exact count of these hours but I have been in full-time, career ministry work since 2002.

I have also led connection groups over 5 years with VelvetAshes.com, an online community for women serving overseas. These groups consist of 4-6 women and run about 8-10 weeks. As the group facilitator, I was able to coach, lead discussions, help and encourage women in a small group setting.

Through our mission (Assemblies of God World Missions), I led small groups via Whatsapp as a precursor to a larger event. I formulated conversation, questions and discussions as a lead in to topics that would later be discussed at the conference.

In 2018-2020, I was a group coach for a program called BlogSmarter in which, as coaches, we helped a group of 20 women navigate the program together. The program led them through the steps of transitioning from mom bloggers to business bloggers. As a coach, I led discussions, asked questions, helped them process their goals for their business, walked them through the planning stages and encouraged them as they took their first steps in the business blogging world.

Since beginning my coaching training with ICCI, I have been working 1:1 with Dr. Stephanie Holmes, started coaching a small group at a local Christian Wellness Center, started 1:1 coaching with 4 women via zoom and have completed my 6 mentoring sessions with Gary Morais.

Again, I do not have a count of these hours but I could provide further documentation for some of these things, if needed.

Other Professional Credentialing or Certification

Spiritual Orientation and Practice

Please define/describe your thoughts and beliefs on the following questions.

Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life. He is my counselor, friend, helper, protection and savior. Jesus is the Truth and the Way to heaven. I am so thankful for my relationship with Jesus and for the close, daily whispers of direction and help. He has been with me through some very difficult times in the past few years and I realize again and again that He is faithful, He is present, and He is love.

To become a Christian, a person must believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He is the only way to heaven, the only way to receive forgiveness of sin and rightness before God. Very simply, a person my accept that Jesus is Lord, they must believe in him as Savior who died on a cross and rose again on the 3rd day and they must confess their sins and confess their need of a Savior.

I believe that the Bible is the very Word of God. I believe that every word is true and applicable to our lives in every way. I believe that the Bible is useful for teaching and correcting. I believe it holds principles that should guide our decisions, goals, relationships, work, and play. I believe that it should be studied, memorized, and put into practice every day.

I believe that the Holy Spirit is part of the triune God. The Holy Spirit is our comforter and our peace. I believe that each believer has the Holy Spirit with them at conversion but I also believe in the baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit to empower us daily as believers and proclaimers of the Gospel. I believe that these gifts are available to Christians today.

As a pastor's kid, I have been in church since the day I was born. I asked Jesus to be Lord of my life in a Sunday School class when I was 4 years old. At summer camp when I was 9, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and felt a call to full-time ministry. That call developed through high school with a love for God's Word and making it a part of my daily life. I attended Bible College where I felt God's leading into children's ministry and overseas missions work. Since 2017, my life has been complicated and full of many challenges. Sickness, death in the family, relationship struggles and organizational challenges within my work. Through it all, God has faithfully led my steps, encouraged my heart and spoken life to me. I've had opportunities to speak truth into situations and watch God heal, restore, and work in my life and the lives of those around me. I have felt His presence with me in each season and I know He is in this call to coaching.

I have always loved coaching, mentoring and discipleship. I enjoy teaching in ways that challenge people in their walk with Christ and foster growth in their spiritual lives. In other practical ways, I am a goal setter and problem solver. I have a gift in organization and helping people figure out what is the next step or next thing to do. I love how God has woven all of that together into discovering how coaching and helping people in practical ways really go well together in the coaching space. Personally, prayer, daily Bible reading, and worship are a part of my morning. Through platforms like my blog and on instagram, I've been leading women in this practice and challenging them to dig into the Word every day. I'm excited to also incorporate this into coaching.

Through ICCI, I took the Equipping Profile Personal Development class and received mentoring from Gary Morais. That has been an incredible tool and I'm already seeing how God can use that in the lives of the people that I'm coaching. I'm currently using it in 1:1 coaching and in a group class.

ICCI Applicant Attestation

Note: The following statements require your attestation (affirming each one to be true to the best of your knowledge). Please be sure to respond to each and every section regarding yourself and your Life Coaching practice or ministry.

The foundation to all work and identity as a Christian Life Coach is a living, vibrant, and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The following statements require your attestation (affirming each one to be true to the best of your knowledge). Please be sure to review each and every section that directly pertains to you and your professional life coaching, and/or ministerial work. The information it contains is important and will be referenced in the Application Form. Depending on your responses, additional information may be required in order to process your Application. 

SECTION A: Christian Personal Testimony

SECTION B: Christian Coaching Testimony (Required)

The practice of Christian Life Coaching genuinely incorporates scriptural truths, biblical principles and guidance, and a Christian value system into one’s coaching/ministerial practice, theoretical orientation, and professional life. ICCI is dedicated to credentialing Christian Life Coaches, not simply people and lay helpers who happen to be Christian, but do not incorporate their faith into practice. Please respond to the following items by checking the appropriate box: (Required)

SECTION C: Ethical Integrity (Required)

Each applicant must demonstrate and maintain ethical integrity in all Life Coaching, ministerial, and professionally related activities. Please note that a Yes answer to any of the following questions will not necessarily disqualify you for the credential you are seeking. If the case has been properly remedied and/or disposed of, and you are under no current ethical complaint or investigation, then the application process can proceed. Please respond to the following items by checking the appropriate box:

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ICCI Applicant Agreement

CERTIFICATION

Applicants certify all information in the Application Packet is true and complete, and understand they have the burden of producing all information necessary for ICCI to fairly and fully evaluate their qualifications, background, ethics, and Christian character in order to be considered for one of the ICCI credentials. They agree to inform ICCI of any changes in this information. Misstatements or omissions from the Application may be cause for denial of appointment or reappointment of the credential. Applicants further agree that any subsequent adverse information about them and/or their practice may be cause for disciplinary action – including the possibility of having the credential suspended or revoked.

AUTHORIZATION

Applicants authorize and give the ICCI consent to contact and, without restriction, discuss any issues pertaining to their character and qualifications with individuals submitting recommendation forms or providing mentoring services. Consent is given for the release of all information, records, and documents, by whatever means the ICCI chooses to collect this data, and to assist them in the good-faith evaluation of their Application. If a question arises in the future about their character and qualifications to the credential, they agree to assist the ICCI in its efforts to resolve any questions it may have.

INDEMNIFICATION

Applicants release from any and all liability ICCI, Hope Together Network, LLC, Hope for the Heart, JAWS, LLC, and any individual officers, directors, employees, or agents of these organizations for any and all acts done in good faith and without malice or intent to harm in connection with the evaluation of their Application for an ICCI credential.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

If a dispute arises between the applicant and ICCI regarding the application or any future matter, applicants agree to engage in dispute resolution that (1) first attempts direct negotiation; (2) then attempts mediation with a mediator acceptable to both parties; (3) then uses arbitration and binding arbitration to resolve the matter, which mediation/arbitration shall take place in Dallas, Texas.

CREDENTIAL RESOLUTION

Applicants resolve to support the mission and goals of the ICCI and further agree to abide by and fully adhere to the ICCI Doctrinal Statement. They have not hidden, nor omitted any necessary information related to receiving the credential. If they qualify, they will hold their ICCI credential in the highest regard, honor the calling of God in Christian Life Coaching, and maintain both excellence and an ethical stance as a servant-leader in the field. Furthermore, they will strive to avoid all behavior that compromises the name of Christ, the cause of Christian Life Coaching, and the purposes of the ICCI.

Applicants acknowledge they have read, discussed as needed, and fully understand this Agreement. They acknowledge that by signing the formal Application Form, they do hereby agree with all consent and authorization statements that are described herein.

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Credential Requirements

Basic Requirements

Continuing Education Requirements

All ICCI credential holders are required to obtain 15 CONTACT HOURS of Continuing Education on an annual basis and these hours must incorporate biblical principles and coaching skills with theory, knowledge, and practice.

Continuing Education is a term that applies to obtaining contact hours across a broad range of post-secondary (beyond high school) learning activities and programs. Some examples include degree credit courses, non-degree career training, self-directed learning, experiential learning, seminars, symposiums, workshops, conference presentations, and classroom lectures. The method and format of delivery may be face-to-face, distance/online learning, printed texts/workbooks, the use of videotaped materials, etc.

ICCI approved Continuing Education and competency activities can occur in the following categories:

Category #1: Continuing Education activities that the credential holder ENGAGES in as a RECIPIENT

NOTE: A minimum of ten (10) contact hours of the required total number of hours must be from Category #1

• Formally organized learning (college/university courses, workshops, seminars, professional or ministerial conferences, presentations, home study, etc.). The delivery of content may be either face-to-face or electronic (e.g., CD, DVD, computer, Web-based, etc.)
• Training experiences at churches or other Christian organizations that resulted in a certificate of completion or other verifiable documentation of participation
• Publications (e.g., journals, magazines, etc.) that have a CE component and a process providing verification of completion
• Coaching supervision and/or consultation that is received and documented

Category #2: Continuing Education activities that the credential holder PROVIDES as a FACILITATOR

• Facilitating, training or presenting at an organized conference/seminar/class that incorporates biblical principles and life coaching skills with theory, knowledge, and practice (the same presentation may only be used once in a renewal period)
• Teaching a post-secondary class that incorporates biblical principles and life coaching skills with theory, knowledge, and practice (the same course may only be used once in a renewal period)
• Producing new training materials and/or curriculum that incorporates biblical principles and coaching skills with theory, knowledge, and practice
• Publishing (a book, book chapter, journal/magazine article, etc.)

Acceptable Forms of Documentation for Continuing Education activities:

• Certificates of Completion
• CE letters or other forms documenting participation
• Official transcripts and/or diplomas
• Reprints of published articles, book chapters, training materials, etc.
• Proof of presentations that were given and/or courses that were taught
• Formal letters from supervisors and/or consultants

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References

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Sign and Send

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I affirm and attest by my electronic signature below that I have answered all questions in this Application truthfully and have done so to the best of my knowledge and with full disclosure. I further authorize ICCI to verify this information and understand that in the process of verification, these facts might become known to third parties. I expressively waive any claim to confidentiality of the material enclosed in this Application except where otherwise noted.