Pr. Johan Berg, St. Philip, Mt. Dora, recently published a book via Kindle Publishing, available at Amazon.com (e-book or paperback) entitled The Five Marks of Missional Leaders Toolbox 1.0. (subtitle: Clear Eyed and Strong Hearted. Together. Following. Jesus. For the Sake of the World). Another subtitle: Do Not Open Alone (a connection to how a person/reader can engage an accountability partner in their professional development. It could be a Coach, but it doesn’t have to be. Just somebody who will come alongside the leader to help them accomplish what they intend to accomplish and what God is calling them to be!)

The book is a culmination of a couple years work, it has professional development for leaders, rostered and lay, at its heart, and is meant to be a work that sparks further Toolbox editions that are built on collaboration with other leaders who have good tools to offer up.

Leaders in the mission of God need to be able to engage the challenges of a changing environment, internal organizations dynamics and external cultural and societal forces. They need tools. And they need a way to find accountability and support along the journey. The Five Marks of a Missional Leader Toolbox 1.0 comes from the heart and experience of the author who has been doing church congregational mission work as a pastor for over 30 years, learning mission development on the fly over these years and now sharing what he has found to be key tools for the journey. Building tools in each of the identified 5 key competency and content areas for a strong missional leader today, the Toolbox 1.0 can provide needed resources and direction for today’s lay and professional leaders to develop their expertise. The “accountability and support” piece comes in strategic direction for how and why for today’s leaders to engage a coach to walk alongside them to maximize their learning and growth. Find this all in the Toolbox 1.0! And then, too, see how you can help contribute to a Toolbox 2.0 down the road! Let’s build strong leaders together!

Johan Bergh is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), now serving as Pastor of St. Philip Lutheran Church, Mt. Dora, Florida. As a Certified Coach (International Coach Federation, Associate Certified Coach) and trained Coach Mentor, he volunteers his coaching services by coaching ELCA Mission Developers and mentoring ELCA Coach-In-Training rostered leaders. He currently serves as Coaching Ministry Coordinator for the Florida-Bahamas Synod and serves on the ELCA Churchwide Coaching Ministry Team as well as a level II Natural Church Development Coach. Johan also operates his own coaching practice, Being and Doing Matters Coaching Services (BeingandDoingMatters.com). He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia with a concentration in Discipleship and Leadership and M.Div. from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH.. His Bachelor of Science, Natural Resources, Environmental Interpretation (The Ohio State University) degree provides an environmental studies background for his his current work as a GreenFaith Fellow (www.GreenFaith.org).

Dr. Johan Bergh, ACC

“When you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries, and you rejoice” Native American Proverb

“And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them” 2 Corinthians 5:15

-Pastor, St. Philip Lutheran Church, Mt. Dora, Florida: http://www.stphiliplc.com

-Greenfaith Fellow: http://www.greenfaith.org

-Life and Missional Coach: http://www.beinganddoingmatters.com