You carry everyone else's burdens. Who's carrying yours?
Confidential, independent supervision for pastors and ministry leaders who are exhausted, isolated, or just need a safe place to think.
Arrow Leadership is a global expert in Christian leadership transformation. If you are looking for professional Pastoral Supervision for your ministry role, you’re in the right place.
Arrow staff are highly trained and experienced in the area of Pastoral Supervision and believe that we can help breathe new life into your leadership through the supervision process.
A number of our staff are available for Professional Pastoral Supervision through Higher Education Colleges. Our staff have many years of experience working in various ministry roles and understand the complex nature of pastoral ministry. Combining that experience with the proven effectiveness of the coaching method, our team can help you thrive in your role.
Common Questions
Confidentiality
Everything you share is confidential and independent of your church board or denomination with standard legal exceptions.
Cost
Many churches cover supervision as part of professional development — we can provide documentation for board or denominational approval.
Time
Sessions run online, 60 minutes, scheduled around your week.
Rob Feeney
Leadership Coach, Professional Pastoral Supervisor, Supervisor Trainer
Rob has over 30 years of pastoral leadership and ministry experience, and 15+ years as a Professional Coach. He is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, a certified Beliefs Trainer, a Heartstyles Accredited Associate, and a Professional Pastoral Supervisor. Rob has a heart to awaken and impact people’s identity, purpose and legacy. He’s married to Marguerite, has two adult daughters, and enjoys sport, coffee, and trail running.
Glenda Holbrook
Leadership Coach, Professional Pastoral Supervisor, Mentor, Group Supervision
Glenda is passionate about helping Christian leaders grow in their relationship with God and all he has for them. Glenda has completed a Cert IV in Christian Leadership Coaching, an Advanced Diploma in Christian Counselling and Family Therapy, a Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, and a Bachelor of Ministry Studies. Glenda is married with two adult children and six grandchildren.
Chris Williams
Coaching & Supervision Manager, Leadership Coach, ACC ICF Mentor Coach, Professional Pastoral Supervisor
Christine oversees Arrow’s coaching and supervision team. She currently serves as Chair of the Board at her local church, where she was previously Director of Operations and Pastor for more than 15 years. She holds a Diploma in Christian Leadership Coaching, a Diploma in Theology, and a Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision (Pastoral). She is also a Member of AAOS and Cert IV in Training and Assessment, and is an Accredited Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Christine loves spending time in God’s creation and enjoys working with people who want to develop and grow in their leadership.
Supervision includes…
- Guided reflection on your role and efficacy within it
- An opportunity to process thinking and ideas and establish ways forward
- A safe space to debrief difficult situations and challenges
- A framework to help you gain a greater sense of your strengths and growth areas as a leader
- A dynamic process that fuels growth, deepens self-awareness in yourself, and your team, ultimately sharpening your leadership impact
Still not sure? Book a free demo session with us!
In this short (up to 45min) demo you will experience professional supervision and explore how supervision can strengthen your wellbeing and professional growth, all while understanding how it aligns with your context and needs.
Takes 2 minutes to book — we’ll reply within 2 business days.
How does supervision work?
- 1-1 sessions and/or group supervision
- Online
Who is supervision for?
- Pastors, ministers, clergy
- Ministry team leaders
- Church staff
- NFP executives and leaders
Frequently Asked Questions
What is supervision?
At its simplest, Supervision is a forum where supervisees review and reflect on their work in order to do it better. Practitioners bring their actual work-practice to another person (individual Supervision), or to a group (small group or team Supervision), and with their help review what happened in their practice in order to learn from that experience. Ultimately, Supervision is for better-quality service. In a relationship of trust and transparency, supervisees talk about their work and through reflection and thoughtfulness learn from it and return to do it differently. (Carroll, 2007)
What is the difference between coaching and supervision?
While both coaching and pastoral supervision are reflective practices that support growth and development, they differ in focus and purpose.
Coaching typically centres on achieving specific goals, enhancing performance, and forward-focused action.
In contrast, pastoral supervision creates a reflective space to explore the whole self in ministry—attending to emotional, spiritual, relational, and vocational dimensions. It invites a deeper examination of practice, patterns, and responses in context, offering insight not just for what you do, but how and why you do it.
How can a supervisor help?
A professional coach/supervisor possesses talents, techniques, skills and tools that support the client in making the right changes, with greater ease and lasting effectiveness. They assist the client by helping them to:
- Recognise their strengths and assets
- Uncover the unconscious thoughts and beliefs that hold them back
- Explore new perspectives
- Gain clarity on values and life purpose
- Identify and end self-defeating habits and patterns
- Clarify goals and create action plans to achieve them
- Learn from mistakes and failures
- Discover what they truly desire
“Arrow is the kind of professional development that all professional development really should be – personal development. As a teacher and leader, the person I am matters more than the techniques I have or the books I’ve read. It’s nice to go to a ‘PD’ and feel changed, rather than just temporarily enlightened.”
“I thought I was coming to a professional development program, however it is so much more than that. This program has the potential to change the trajectory of your life.”
“Arrow Leadership is a pivotal experience. It asks for the participant’s courage. Courage to scale heights and plumb depths of character rarely traversed in lives harried along in the currents of life.”
“Over the past 12 years of leadership and over 20 years of teaching, the Arrow Leadership program has been by far the most insightful and has made the greatest impact for positive change.”