Scott Couchenour (Session 1)

Scott A. Couchenour is a certified life coach.  He founded Serving Strong, a benefit to those in ministry through resourcing, educating, and coaching for life balance and self care.  He has over 20 years experience personally serving in ministry as a full time staff member, bi-vocational staff member, and a volunteer.

Scott is a 1987 graduate from Youngstown State University with a degree in Sociology. He also has over 19 years experience in business as Vice President of Operations with Cogun, Inc., a company that partners with churches to develop the right ministry space.  He is a member of the Christian Coaches Network and the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Scott and his wife, Jennifer, live in Salem, Ohio. They have two children: Anna and Samuel.


Mike Williams (Sessions 2 & 3)

Mike is a 1977 graduate of MVNU and an elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He has served as a pastor of urban and rural congregations in Florida, Ohio, and Illinois.  His pastoral experience includes being a church planter and as lead pastor in multiple staff settings. He has a range of experience at the district leadership level and in various civic organizations of the communities he served as pastor.

His primary responsibility is to oversee the Church Leadership Network which works with local church pastors and lay leaders on the MVNU region to help them be more intentional in fulfilling their mission.  His roles include on-site consultations for churches, and as a church health coach for pastors. He has also worked with Outreach, Inc. of San Diego, Calif., to provide training for churches from various denominations and has provided corporate leadership training for Honda of America.

Williams and his wife, Kenna, reside in Mount Vernon, Ohio. They have two children: Ben, a 2001 alumnus of MVNU who lives in North Carolina with his wife Elliot, and Angela, a student at Olivet Nazarene University.