Janet Earls
Board Member
Janet Earls has been serving as the Congregational Vitality Specialist for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church in the newly formed Office of Congregational Vitality, since June 1, 2013.
According to Bishop Carter, "Janet Earls has a deep spiritual commitment to lead others in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. She was a key leader in the growth of Grace Church in Cape Coral, one of our denomination’s most vital churches, where she was a member; at the same time, she has worked as a coach alongside some of our most distressed congregations. As a lay person, she will bring additional diversity to our conference leadership team through her experiences in corporate and congregational life."
Earls worked close to six years in the East Central District as a contracted coach as well as volunteering in district leadership roles. Janet was the past chair of the East Central District Center for Congregational Excellence; and for five years, she built a track record of success in guiding churches in crisis and coaching church leadership or transition teams through a vision process. Prior to working with churches, she has more than 10 years of experience coaching, teaching, facilitating and mentoring high performance teams in other secular industries.
Janet is a professional coach certified by Spiritual Leadership Inc. and the International Coach Federation and Kolbe Consultant. Janet was a member of the Florida Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and was a Lay Delegate to the 2012 General Conference. She will return as a delegate in 2016. She is a member of First UMC Lakeland. Janet has been married to Lee for 33 years and has two adult children; Son, Ryan, married to Caroline living in Gainesville, and daughter, Jenna, living in Silver Spring, Maryland.
