The Communitas Podcast with Guest Dan Steigerwald

On this episode Geoff and long-time Communitas pioneer Dan Steigerwald discuss modern culture and the church. See below for a bio of Dan and links to various resources

https://artesiaresourcing.com

The Dynamic Adventure: A Guide to Starting and Shaping Missional Churches

Daniel Steigerwald

Strengths: Achiever, Intellection, Maximizer, Input, Futurist

Passion: I come alongside innovative leaders to help them:

• lead with integrity, humility, wisdom and compassion
• imagine grand -but reasonable- possibilities
• make better, values-based decisions
• deliver more satisfying, team-orchestrated results.

For 30+ years, I have served in various leadership capacities - from leading teams to start new expressions of faith community, to pastoring, to leading at senior levels in both national and international Christian non-profits. My wife, Ann, and I spent the brunt of those years in Europe, and we count it a great blessing to have raised our daughters in The Netherlands.

From this long journey in ministry, I have acquired a good grasp of what it’s like to follow Christ into the complexities, heartaches and joys of servant leadership. I know how energizing and satisfying it feels to lead teams well. And I know equally well how frightening it is to skirt the edges of burnout and depression. In all my own stumbling forward, I’m convinced that God values our formation as leaders as much as what we accomplish in Jesus’ name. The Spirit of God journeys alongside us, offering us the graces we need to endure and grow, even in the most harrowing of seasons. And more often than not, these graces come in the form or others who’ve walked the long leadership road before us.

This is precisely why I choose to spend my time, vocationally, coming alongside those called to lead. I want to be an agent of grace to help leaders flourish and accomplish all that God and life have for them! One significant way I do that is through professional coaching.1 In a coaching relationship I am able to partner with team leaders to bring out their best - enhancing their awareness, decision-making, and alignment with stated values, goals, priorities, and desired vocational outcomes. At present, I have logged well over 1000 hours coaching innovative and pioneering leaders. I’ve also led various coaching teams, and have recently, in partnership with Fuller Seminary and Cyclical Inc., designed an accredited Master’s level church planter coach Certificate program (https://churchplanting.fuller.edu/coaching-certificate/).

Educationally, I hold a Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) in Leadership in the Emerging Culture as well as a Master of Divinity (MDIV). Drawing on that education and on my experience designing developmental trainings, I’ve authored four practical books around which I mentor, coach, and train: 10 Pitfalls in Starting New Churches: Avoiding Hazards on the Way to Health (2020); Dynamic Adventure: A Guide to Starting and Shaping Missional Churches (2018); Growing Local Missionaries: Equipping Churches to Sow Shalom in Their Own Cultural Backyard (2014); Grow Where You’re Planted: Collected Stories on the Hallmarks of Maturing Church (2013).

I am credentialled under the International Coach Federation (ICF) at a PCC level.
Senior Partner - Artesia Resourcing LLC (https://artesiaresourcing.com/) cell: 503-432-1825