John 15 tells us that if we do not abide, we can do nothing, but if we abide, we will bear much fruit. We’ve learned that the key to abiding is yielding our selves to Jesus, and we want to help others deepen in their abiding through surrendering and receiving from him.
As ministry and team leaders, we are called to be servants in our leadership. Kingdom leadership is yielding our preferences or priorities to help others succeed, whether others on your team or national partners that you are empowering.
Mark 4:8 says, “And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Through abiding and servant leadership, we believe that your leadership will grow and increase and yield a fruitful, multiplying harvest of disciples that will impact the nations.
We (Jenn and Steven) launched to the field as 25 year old new team leaders over a team of 13 people. Even though we had completed various missionary and theological trainings and had experience in full-time ministry before we launched, we quickly found ourselves overwhelmed, underprepared, and undersupported in our efforts to lead our team and start a new ministry overseas. By God’s grace, we were able to grasp for mentors, lean on our team, and develop new resources that were needed for our team to thrive and stay on task. After 5 years we were able to expand from our original team into 3 teams.
Over the past decade, we’ve repeatedly observed the same lack of training, coaching, and support for cross-cultural team and ministry leaders around the world. This leads to missionaries returning home for preventable reasons, unhealthy teams, and ineffectiveness in ministry. We believe that the health and effectiveness of leaders greatly affects the health and effectiveness of their teams. Yield Leadership Coaching exists to coach and train leaders to abide in Christ, help their teams thrive, and effectively pursue movement among the unreached.
Jenn is a Taiwanese American who brings a cross-cultural perspective to coaching and ministry. She loves helping people discover where they can serve most effectively and is especially passionate about developing women leaders. Jenn and her husband, Steven, are focused on helping Thai believers multiply churches and step into their God-given calling. She also co-hosts the Dare to Multiply podcast, where she enjoys exploring leadership, discipleship, and multiplication. Outside of ministry and coaching, you’ll often find Jennifer loving on bunnies or swing dancing.
Steven grew up in Austin, Texas as a child of immigrant parents from Hong Kong. He and his wife Jenn led a team of 13 to Thailand to pursue movements. After expanding to 3 teams, they released leadership over the teams to start Yield Leadership Coaching with lessons learned from 10 years on the field. Steven is passionate about helping leaders to live out of their union with Christ and think strategically about ministry. He has a BA in Philosophy and Rhetoric & Writing from UT Austin, and an MA in Intercultural Studies from TEDS. Steven and Jenn live in Bangkok with a focus on helping Thai church planters to multiply. In his free time, Steven is playing ultimate frisbee, reading sci-fi books, or cooking up Cantonese dishes.
Lindsay is passionate about helping believers walk in freedom and experience the abundant life found in Christ. For the past 18 years, she has served both overseas in Asia and across the U.S., focusing on ministry among the least-reached. Lindsay specializes in counseling and developing missions workers, emphasizing care for those serving in challenging contexts. She holds a Master’s degree and is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate (LCMHCA) in North Carolina, with an aim towards empowering women leaders. She is also committed to family ministry, helping parents and children thrive as they follow Jesus together. When she’s not coaching or caring for leaders, Lindsay enjoys noodles, good coffee, and laughing at ridiculous things with her husband and kids.
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Andy is from Iowa and studied Architecture at Iowa State University before entering into full-time ministry. Andy and his wife, Jamie, did college ministry for eight years. In 2006 they helped start what today is Launch Global. Now, Andy serves Launch Global as the U.S. Director to see the vision of the global church worshiping Jesus become a reality. Andy’s strong desire is to see more and more churches engaging in the evangelization of the world. He and Jamie have four children and love living in Austin! In his free time, you can find Andy mountain biking or enjoying good food around Austin.
Originally from Texas, Lauren has been serving in Thailand for the past decade. She and her husband lead a team focused on mobilizing the Thai Church to plant multiplying house churches among unreached peoples. Lauren has also served as an International Operations Director for her sending organization, and is passionate about developing women leaders and helping people understand God’s Word. She and her husband have two daughters who keep life fresh and fun, and Lauren enjoys crushing Muay Thai workouts. Her favorite Star Wars character is Emperor Palpatine.
James grew up in Mexico, the son of American linguists and Bible translators. Over the years, he’s served in a wide range of ministry roles—from outreach pastor at a church in California to leading a team in North India that invited Muslim families to follow Jesus. He’s also run a field-based apprenticeship for new cross-cultural disciplemakers, provided regional leadership across South Asia for an international mission organization, and served as dean of a leadership development program. These days, James splits his time between innovation consulting and developing senior leaders in mission organizations around the world. He and his wife, Christine, now call Atlanta, GA home, and their four children have grown up as global nomads between California, India, and Thailand.
All life, ministry, and leadership flows from abiding in Christ. We seek constant union with Him, receiving from Jesus in order to bear lasting fruit and glorify God.
The Great Commission calls us to make disciples of all nations. We pursue Church Planting Movements as a strategic way to see the gospel multiply among the unreached, empowering and partnering with national and near-culture believers.
We believe God often advances His mission through leaders. We invest in developing and coaching leaders to impact their teams, national partners, and the unreached.
The Kingdom of God is marked by unity between people from diverse backgrounds. We collaborate with different churches, organizations, and agencies in order to elevate diverse perspectives across genders, generations, and cultures.
We believe that pioneering ministry among the unreached is apostolic work in nature. We depend on the Spirit’s guidance to direct us towards strategic and effective methods that will see Kingdom breakthrough.
We value working in healthy teams - among cross-cultural workers or national partners - that are built on relational trust and elevate each person’s specific gifts and roles.
If you have any questions or want to dialogue, please email us at steven@yieldleadership.org or jenn@yieldleadership.org or fill out the contact form. We look forward to meeting you!