Specialists

Rev. George Brookover

I have fifty-five years of pastoral experience. As an ordained Lutheran (ELCA), I served Holy Comforter Lutheran/Kingwood, Texas for three decades. This encompassed be church planter to leading a staff of nine ordained and lay leaders. From 1996-2014 I served my ELCA jurisdiction as an Intentional Interim Pastor. In 1997 Brookover Leadership was established for training and leading clergy and laity in several denominations.

Utilization of the Myers-Briggs instrument with clergy, paid and volunteer staff and organizational leaders equips everyone for understanding how every individual performs in keeping with their “type.”  Recognizing and utilizing the specific typologies enhances outcomes. And it also deflects attempting to make everyone perform in the same or identical form or fashion.

Rev. Mike Johnson  

After receiving his M.Div. from a seminary in Michigan, Mike moved to the Houston area to plant a church.  After 32 years in the Houston area, you could now say Texas is Mike’s home state. After over a decade of pastoring, Mike received his D. Min. from Fuller seminary in adult discipleship and leadership development and began a Christian non-profit called Ascending Leaders. As founder and president of Ascending Leaders, Mike works along with colleagues to equip churches for Christ-centered discipleship. Measurable results. Eternal outcomes. As a coach, Mike is known for his passion for the local church and its pastor, creativity, design, emphasis on implementation and results, loyalty, vision, management, and effectiveness. Mike is married to Gina with two adult children who are married, living, and serving in the Houston area and three granddaughters.

Mike is a trainer level certified in the Grip (spiritual gifts)-Birkman. Mike is senior certified consultant in the Birkman method. Mike has experience coaching over 300 people through their Grip-Birkman results. Mike has also published on the topic.

Mindy Standlee

Mindy has a background in psychology and has worked in ministry for over 15 years. She is passionate about helping people feel connected in the church. She loves helping people find an area to serve and plug into. She feels strongly about partnering thelocal church and families together to grow a child’s spirituality. She loves to help children understand and relate to scripture at their level.

Her experience includes leading and growing a mid-week program for the church and community for 80+ elementary aged children and a weekly worship service for children aged Kinder-5th grade. She has developed and trained multiple strong volunteer bases for Sunday morning, Mid-Week, VBS, special events and Confirmation at multiple churches. She has experience in nursery protocols and best practices along with developing and leading Confirmation classes and preteen groups.

She has experience leading and equipping both employees and volunteers.  Mindy has acted as an enneagram coach with individuals and groups.  She has experience helping people relate to one another using that methodology.  With a psychology background, she is familiar with many tools and methods to assess and improve group dynamics.