DR. THOMAS (TOM) A. COCKLEREECE
Address: 2114 Glenridge Court
Marietta, GA 30062
Telephone: (770) 509-2390 Cell (404) 229-3383
Email: drthomreece@bellsouth.net
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of Birth: 1955
Marital Status: Married to Janice Thompson on November 17, 1973. Certified Ophthalmic Technician, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1982. We have two married adult children and five grandsons.
EDUCATION & ORDINATION:
- Doctor of Ministry in Leadership & Administration, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA, May 2008.
- Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991
- Bachelor of Science, Health Care Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1985.
- Associate of Science, Medical Technology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1984.
- Ordained to the ministry by Shallow Ford Baptist Church, Erwin, Tennessee, 1992.
PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT:
I am a pastor and discipleship leader having led many conferences and I specialize in developing ministries that connect churches to people in their communities. God has called me to inspire and equip Christians and churches to be healthy and growing, lovingly engaging and changing our world through the sharing of Christ. God has equipped and called me to do this through innovative discipleship, mentoring, and Christian coaching ministries that lead Christians to know Christ, grow in Christ, serve Christ, and share Christ.
MINISTRY STRENGTHS
- Loyalty is necessary to one to lead like Jesus and serve other leaders
- Leadership skills as a servant leader who enjoys coaching others to greatness
- Confidentiality at all levels of relationship and ministry
- Humility…what others say and it is a necessary quality of servant leaders
- Empowering leadership of others to achieve their best
- Accountable leadership to help one another remain focused on Christ
MINISTRY COMPETENCIES
- Pastoral Care: Gifted in crisis ministry to bring comfort and calm to people in crisis situations. Very comfortable in the healthcare environment due to prior education and experience.
- Teaching: The Lord has gifted me to mentor church leaders. Adept at teaching the Bible in relation to life situations and in preparation for future experiences. Have taught at the college level (see “accomplishments” section). Effective and experienced at leading one-to-one, small groups, and congregational-conference settings.
- Discipleship/Coaching/Mentoring: Gifted at discipling people to greater spiritual maturity and application of God’s Word. Believing that people do what they really believe in their core values, I inspire Christians to replace their values with those of Christ.
- Vision Casting: Effective at change management and leading people and churches to appropriate needed change in their lives.
- Published Author: Simple Discipleship: How to Make Disciples in the 21st Century, 2009 by Church Smart Resources, The Disciple-Maker’s Toolkit, 2011 by RENOVA Coaching and Consulting.
- Ministry Developer: Skilled in developing contextual evangelistic and teaching ministries that connect churches to their communities.
- Administration: Along with bachelor and doctorate degrees in administration, possess 20 years experience in leading churches.
MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES:
- Committed to the authority of the Bible as God’s Word.
- Devoted to equipping Christians to share their relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Called to lead Christians to genuine faith and life transformation through daily Bible study, prayer, and personal spiritual growth.
- Desire to see churches awaken to the Great Commission to “make disciples” and not just converts by establishing a process to mature believers through the stages of spiritual growth.
- Committed to mentoring church leaders, church planting, and church revitalization.
- Committed to developing evangelistic and missional ministry through a strong Sunday School.
MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
- Pastor, Shady Grove Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia, 2/2000—Present:
- Pastor, University Baptist Church, Fairbanks, Alaska, 9/95—9/99
- Pastor, Shallow Ford Baptist Church, Erwin, Tennessee, 2/92—8/95
- Other Ministry experience includes Hospital Chaplain, Financial Secretary, and Youth Ministry.
SECULAR EXPERIENCE AND INVOLVEMENT
- Executive and Professional Coaching: founder of RENOVA Coaching and Consulting, 2007. Through executive coaching I have the opportunity to share Christ with unchurched professionals and disciple them after they accept Christ.
- Health Care Administration: US Navy and the National Rehabilitation Hospital- supervised over 300 personnel in each position.
- Medical Technology: (Medical Laboratory Science)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Biblical Coaching Alliance- Member since 2011
- International Coach Federation- Member since 2009
- American College of Healthcare Executives- Member since 2009
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Author of Simple Discipleship: The Disciple-Maker’s Toolkit published by RENOVA Coaching and Consulting, LLC. 2011.
- Certified Life Breakthrough Coach Trainer- Life Breakthrough Academy- 2011.
- Contributing writer for the Linked 2 Leadership professional blog since 2010.
- Creator of J.U.M.P. Sports a church sports ministry based on Simple Discipleship principles.
- Contributor to Everyone Communicates Few Connect by John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 2010.
- Author of Simple Discipleship: How to Make Disciples in the 21st Century published in 2009 by Church Smart Resources, Chicago, IL.
- Creator of Simple Discipleship— a non denominational evangelical ministry, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development process currently being used by a growing number of churches. Go towww.simplediscipleship.com
- Author of the Simple Discipleship weblog with over 500 Christian leaders subscribing online athttp://drthomreece.wordpress.com (Leaders from over 50 countries read this blog)
- Author of Doctrinal Health Church Assessment Tool—2008.
- Adjunct Professor: Pastoral Care and Christian Theology, Wayland Baptist University, Fairbanks, AK, 1999.
- Professor: Pastoral Care and Counseling, The Alaska Native School of Theology, Fairbanks, AK, 1996-1997
- Instructor of Pastoral Care, Seminary Extension in Johnson City, TN, 1995
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
- Fishing
- Amateur Astronomy
- Chess
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
I am a disciple-making disciple-maker and I believe every Christian should be also. It is past time for us to reach, equip, and empower the next generation with the gospel of Christ. I desire to serve a church where reaching that next generation is more important than tradition, yet is respectful to our precious senior adults and the legacy they have worked hard to build. I will never lead a church to compromise the authority of the Bible. I am committed to a simple discipleship process that creates a church culture of high expectation as everyone is encouraged to know Christ in WORSHIP, grow in Christ in the WORD, serve Christ in MINISTRY, and share Christ on MISSION where the whole church is turned out of the walls and into the community. I seek to minister in a church that empowers leaders and lay people to develop contextual transformational ministries.
References available on request.
