About - North Coast Training

About Us

North Coast Training helps you craft strong, stable ministries that prepare you and your teams to break through barriers, overcome plateaus, and position for growth.

What We Do

We offer a variety of programs and services that cater to your specific needs and will help lead your ministry to the next level. Our areas of expertise include team development, strategy/direction, senior leadership, creating clarity, small group ministry, and multi-site ministry. Some of our most popular services and events include:

Custom Team Consulting
Next Level Workshops for Ministry
Customized Site Visits
One-on-one coaching
North Coast Leadership Conference

Larry Osborne | President and Founder

Since 1980, Larry has served as one of the senior pastors at North Coast Church in Vista, CA. During that time, North Coast has grown from a fledgling group of 128 meeting in a rented high school cafeteria to a multi-site church ministering to over 13,000 in weekend attendance and over 9,000 in weekly Life Groups.

Meet Larry

Larry Osborne is a lead and teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, California. During his tenure, the church has grown from 128 to over 13,000 on a weekend with 7 local campuses.

Built around sermon-based small groups, North Coast has a participation rate of over 90 percent of its weekend attendance in small groups, and known for its pioneering role in the use of a teaching teams, video venues, and multisite ministry.

Larry writes and speaks on the subjects of discipleship and leadership. His books on the Christian life include: Thriving In Babylon, Accidental Pharisees, A Contrarian’s Guide To Knowing God, and 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe. His leadership books include: Sticky Teams, Sticky Church, Sticky Leaders, Mission Creep, The Unity Factor and Lead Like a Shepherd.

Valerie Hollister

Director

Meet Valerie

Valerie joins our team with 15 years of experience in Ministry and Special Events and has been attending North Coast Church since 2015.

Her love for ministry and the local church was sparked out of short-term mission trips to Kenya and Uganda, Africa. Her passion for seeing the local church and its leaders rise up to be all God called them to be is one of the many reasons she loves her role with the North Coast Training Network.

In her spare time, Valerie also enjoys coordinating weddings with her company, Beatific Events. Valerie holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Hotel Management, from California State University Long Beach.

She and her husband Corey love spending time in the great outdoors, cycling, hiking, and camping. They welcomed their son to their newly growing family in the spring of 2019.

Amanda Hoffman

Training Administrator

Meet Amanda

Amanda has been attending North Coast Church since junior high and has worked in her current role since 2016. She majored in Communications and has a background in customer service and marketing. Amanda’s role includes planning events and conferences, assisting Larry Osborne, and working with pastors from all over the world.

She loves being a part of the amazing team at North Coast. Amanda and her husband Adam live in Vista and spend most of their time traveling, leading a Life Group, watching Survivor, and running their Chick-fil-A restaurant.

Ferly Tangonan

Marketing and Promotions

Meet Ferly

Ferly has been attending North Coast Church since 2015. She has worked in multiple areas of ministry from admin to marketing and communications, and serves on the worship team. She joined the North Coast Training Network staff in 2017 and enjoys that much of her job is spent honing social media. Ferly feels privileged to be able to pour into the leadership of the body of Christ.

Ferly spends her free time with her husband Mike, son Mateo, and their favorite people. One of her happy places is the beach where she loves to bask in the sun and sea water.