Portland Cohort
The Rose City
Welcome to the Portland Cohort
Portland, renowned as “The Rose City,” is a vibrant metropolis nestled in the Pacific Northwest, brimming with a unique blend of urban charm and natural beauty. With its lush greenery, majestic mountains, and the winding Willamette River, Portland offers an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise. The city is a haven for foodies, boasting a diverse culinary scene that celebrates local, farm-to-table ingredients and an abundance of food carts serving up global flavors on every corner.
What to Expect
Members of the Portland cohort will spend 15 months deep diving into understanding individual strengths and weaknesses, learning gospel renewal, and learning practical executive leadership and management skills required to become a flourishing pastor who leads a flourishing, 21st-century church.
While on this journey, each participant will meet twice a month with their coach for encouragement and accountability to help apply what they are learning. The Anágo Partners Portland cohort is designed to teach you things about leading a church that seminary didn’t prepare you for.
You can RSVP to experience a taste of the Portland cohort at no cost and no commitment. We’ll spend the afternoon providing an overview of the topics we cover during the cohort experience, and we’ll answer any questions you may have. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with other pastors who are seeking to upskill with us.
RSVP to reserve your spot now!
How Much Does it Cost?
After your deposit, the leadership cohort costs $300 a month.
The total cost of the program is $10,000, but Anágo Partners fundraises 50% making the program accessible to pastors leading small or large churches.
Here’s what you’ll have at the conclusion of the cohort:
- 24 coaching sessions
- 12 in-person workshops
- Pre and post-assessments
- Digital Participant Workbook
- A fully stocked library*
- Lasting friendships with a trusted community
- The skills you need to help you and your church flourish!
*participants are asked to purchase their own books from our reading list
What’s the Curriculum like?
Our training model focuses on gathering church leaders, based on proximity, to join city-based cohorts that meet in person each month and one-on-one coaching in between with their cohort facilitator. Additionally, each cohort includes a pre and post-assessment to track personal and professional progress. Cohort workshops break for two months in the summer and December.
Portland Facilitator and Coach
Bryan Buck
With a background in sales in the commercial lighting industry, Bryan entered pastoral ministry with a particular passion for church planting. From 2008 to 2014, Bryan was an assistant pastor, helping to plant City Church-Eastside. These six years allowed Bryan to grow as a pastor and church planter, participating in what is now known as the Metro Atlanta Collective. Stewarding this experience, Bryan and his family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2014 to plant Oaks Parish, where he currently serves as the Lead Pastor. He received a B.A. from the University of Tennessee (Speech Communication & Business Administration) and an M.Div from Reformed Theological Seminary.
Bryan's Credentials
- Years Experience: 14
- Church Sizes: 100-350
- Current Denomination: PCA
"I wouldn’t be in ministry today if it weren’t for Anágo Partners"
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