Charlie has consistently been a lifeline to me personally as a Senior Pastor, as well as providing health and wisdom to my pastoral team. The impact of his consultation and care has brought focus, compassion, strategy, insight, and rich equipping in a wide variety of our ministry contexts, relationships, and goals. His consultation has brought me both peace and a concentrated drive to accomplish more of what burns in my heart. I would highly recommend Charlie to any church, ministry, or organization, as he has great skills as an experienced coach, trainer, and consultant. There will be a dramatic impact felt within any group that partners with him.
I have known Charlie Brown for over three decades. Every time I interact with him, I feel the Holy Spirit breathe life into my soul through him. Last year he did an amazing training for our church staff and leadership team. It was strategic, insightful, anointed, and practical. He is a gifted equipper. He helps the church of Jesus to mend their nets to be more effective for the Master. Charlie’s wisdom, experience, and gifting as a trainer, coach, and consultant will elevate any group that partners with him.
Charlie has an incredible gift of training leaders and teams with his years of experience. I’ve benefited from both one-on-one coaching sessions as well as team training that has completely reframed my focus and had an immediate impact on myself and my team. In the first session alone, I gleaned more than I had in all of seminary that translated to critical elements of pastoring a church with clarity of vision, values, and priorities. Our team was able to get focused and on the same page immediately with lingering issues that had been churning for months. I regularly seek Charlie’s counsel and input, and I’m not joking when I often tell others that Charlie saves me 50% of my time on 100% of my issues as he effortlessly gets to the heart of what matters. He genuinely loves pastors and leaders, and seeing the church healthy and you can feel it with every interaction.
For the past year, Charlie Brown has been coaching me during what I felt was a strategic point in my tenure as Sr. Pastor of the Vineyard Church in Camarillo, CA. As I shared with Charlie, I have a vision and a passion for the critical and exciting years ahead, but I’m not a strategic thinker or planner. However, I recognize that those are precisely the gifts the Holy Spirit has deposited in him.
Charlie’s ministry and leadership coaching played an invaluable and significant role in the equipping of our staff and volunteer leaders and the growth of Vintage Church. He brings first-hand knowledge and experience to the complexities of church leadership and his coaching is always relatable, wise, and deeply practical. He carries a deep love for God’s people, her leaders, and is always a lot of fun to partner with.