Abstract: Succession planning within the church movements has been an issue of interest to Christians, because of the weight with which spiritual leadership is viewed. The pattern of leadership development and succession observed globally in most contemporary Pentecostal movements and churches has been characterized as dynastic succession. The study sought to asses coaching as a leadership development strategy and its effect on succession in Evangelical churches. The case study was Nairobi Chapel (NC) church that had embarked on a strategy of planting 300 churches by the year 2020. The research applied mixed methods approach to collect both quantitative and qualitative data.