COACH APPROACH
SKILL TRAINING
Coach Approach Skill Training (CAST) is a dynamic, accredited course designed to equip you with powerful coaching skills for both personal and professional impact. Whether you're leading a team, mentoring individuals, or simply seeking to grow in your leadership, CAST offers highly interactive training that empowers you to coach others effectively. You'll develop both foundational and advanced skills in individual, group, and team coaching—while learning to lead with a coach approach in every area of life.
Epiphany House
New Orleans, LA
September 29 -
October 2, 2025
Hosted by the
Louisiana Conference
of The United
Methodist Church
30 in person hours
6 live Zoom hours
Fee: $2,700
Testimonials from Training Participants
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“CAST training provided an intelligent, thoughtful, and soulful approach to coaching pastors and other leaders, opening new doors for me by which to open doors for others.”
Rev. Dr. Paul L. Escamilla
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“Powerful experience! Absolutely worth our time. Encouraging. Can help us teach others with new/deeper awareness.”
Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
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“I would encourage anyone who works with people to gain this skill set. Powerful questions are the key!”
Retired Bishop Bill McAlilly
Trainers
Vicki Loflin Johnson served for 30 years in the Mississippi Conference in a variety of settings—small church pastor, clergy couple co-appointment, executive pastor, district superintendent, and nine years as senior pastor of a community-focused downtown church. Coaching professionally since 2015, she holds a Level 2/PCC credential with the International Coach Federation, is a Lead Trainer with Coach Approach Skills Training (CAST) and created an advanced Leadership Coach Specialization through Radiant Coaches Academy. Vicki is also certified as an Intentional Interim Ministry Specialist, Spiritual Director, and 200-hour E-RYT yoga instructor and chaired her Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. She founded The Art of WellBeing—offering individual and group coaching designed to support clergy leadership and wellbeing. Vicki and her husband, Roger, live in East Texas. Click here to contact Vicki.
Rev. Dr. Brian Brown is an ordained United Methodist minister who served congregations in Virginia and Ohio for two decades and continues to pastor in the local church. He has served as senior pastor for churches ranging from 50 to over 600 in worship attendance as well as the teaching pastor for a congregation with over 6,000 in worship attendance. Along with being nominated as an episcopal candidate, Dr. Brown has served as a District Superintendent and Dean of the Cabinet. He has over 800 hours of coaching in conflict resolution, cross-racial and cross-cultural appointments, and coaching moving congregations from good to great. He and his wife, Candace, have four children — one in high school, one in college, and two college graduates.