T-Life Group Coach Guidebook

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Helping Leaders Shepherd Healthy and Transformational Communities

As a T-Life Group Coach at Relevant, you help multiply the transformation of lives through shepherding leaders. This guide equips you with rhythms, expectations, tools, and language aligned with our current vision.

🧩 Your Role & Purpose

Purpose:
To help leaders lead transformational communities where people are:

• GROWING in a relationship with Jesus

• CONNECTING in community

• IMPACTING the people for Jesus

What You Do:

• Invest in 3–5 T-Life Group Leaders

• Inspire spiritual and leadership growth

• Support through prayer, care, and communication

🔑 3 Focuses of Coaching

1. Protection

• Pray regularly for your leaders and their groups

• Model dependence on Scripture and the Spirit

2. Connection

• Know your leaders personally

• Stay in regular contact

• Share updates and encouragement

3. Growth

• Encourage spiritual steps and leadership development

• Help leaders identify and apprentice future leaders

📅 Coaching Rhythms

Monthly:

• Individual check-ins (text or call)

Each Trimester:

• Month 1: One-on-One Check-In

• Month 2: Coaching Huddle

• Month 3: Check-in

Annually:

• Re:Charge: 1X per year meeting of all T-life Group Leader

🛠️ Your Tools

📱 Mobile Access via Lead App:

• As a coach of your leaders’ group, you will have access to see the group, including roster

💻 Desktop Access:

• Visit relevantcommunity.org/hub

• As a coach of your leaders’ group, you will have access to see the group, including roster

⚙️ Key Systems You Support

• Leader Recruiting System: Help leaders identify and apprentice future leaders

• Group Launch System: Ensure new groups launch successfully

• Leader Equipping System: Reinforce ongoing leader development

🎯 What Does Winning Look Like?

As a Coach:

• You are spiritually growing and leading by example

• You know your leaders well and care for their lives and leadership

• You support the reproduction of leaders across RCC

As a Ministry:

• Every leader is apprenticing someone

• Every leader has a coach

• T-Life Groups are growing and multiplying

• 4,000 people are engaged in transformational groups by 2030

📖 Scripture to Anchor You

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”
– Proverbs 27:23

“So we have not stopped praying for you… that you may live a life worthy of the Lord.”
– Colossians 1:9–10

“Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock… be shepherds of the church of God.”
– Acts 20:28

🙌 You Matter. Your Role Matters.

You’re not just filling a spot—you’re building the future of the Church by developing its leaders. Thank you for faithfully shepherding those who shepherd others.

Once you have identified and engaged a new apprentice, please let us know so we can be praying for each of you as well as set them up administrative