Forum Mentoring

Scott Anderson became Scottsdale Bible Church’s Executive Pastor in fall 2016, after twenty years at a large, multi-site church in Minnesota. He oversees staff and programs under the leadership of Senior Pastor Jamie Rasmussen. Scott likes to say that his 17 years of experience leading people and processes at McDonald’s Corporation followed by 20 years at Eagle Brook Church in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, have given him just the right mix of experience and opportunity to be led to Arizona and Scottsdale Bible Church. In his previous role, he was instrumental in helping grow the church from one campus and 1,200 people to six campuses and more than 22,000 people every weekend. Scott and his wife, Sarah, have been married for 35 years and have three adult children and five amazing grandchildren who, at least so far, still live in the frozen north.

Ralf Bergmann, born in 1962, is married and has three adult children, two children-in-law and three grandchildren. He received his degree in physics and a doctorate from German universities. He is or has been mainly involved in semiconductor physics and technology, photovoltaics and optical technologies at several research institutions in Germany and Australia and has also worked in industrial research. Since 2008 he is a professor and head of a research institute working on optical technologies and optoelectronics. Beyond his research, he is defending the reasonability and relevance of Christian faith, with respect to the joint concerns of physics, philosophy, and theology as well as modern western society. In 2019, he wrote the book Gott und die Erklärung der Welt (God and the explanation of the world), and in 2021 Die freie Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde (The free society and its enemies) in remembrance of Karl Poppers famous book The open society and its enemies and the works of Francis Schaeffer. Corresponding resources in English and German can be found in http://www.professorenforum.de/.

Sarah Breuel is the founder and director of Revive Europe. Included in Christianity Today’s “33 under 33” list of leaders to watch, Sarah served as chair of the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering 2016. Originally from Brazil and currently living in Rome, Sarah has worked for IFES for 17 years in four national movements (Brazil, Canada, Norway, and Italy) and the European region for 6 years as evangelism training Coordinator for IFES Europe. She has a business degree, MDiv from Regent College, and serves globally in the Lausanne Board of Directors. Sarah is married to René. They have planted a vibrant church in Rome and have two boys: Pietro and Matteo.

Recently retired from a full-time career as a physician and executive, Keith now invests much of his time as a healthcare consultant and leadership developer. He has forty years of experience as a primary care physician, educator, mentor/coach, and executive. His career included major leadership roles at Duke University, Providence Health, Mayo Clinic, and most recently Dignity Health. Keith is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (BS in Biology), the Medical College of Virginia (MD) and Duke University (MBA). Keith has been actively involved in discipleship, church and ministry leadership roles, including marriage ministry in Slovakia, Christian Medical Dental Association global medical education and as a board member for the Forum of Christian Leaders. Keith has served for three terms on the Scottsdale Bible Church Elder Board. Keith and his wife Melanie were married in 1975 and have one child. Dr. Frey is currently the Chief Physician Executive for Dignity Health in Arizona and has held this position since 2013. His responsibilities include driving clinical excellence, superior patient experiences, academic integration and physician leadership development. He served as the President, Dignity Health Medical Group, a 200+ clinician, academic multispecialty medical group in Phoenix, from 2014 to 2018. He serves in board leadership roles for the Arizona Care Network, Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance, and Mercy Care. A former Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona, he is now a Clinical Professor, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University. Dr. Frey holds a BS in Biology from the Virginia Military Institute, an MD degree from the Medical College of Virginia, and an MBA from Duke University. He is board-certified in both Family Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Additionally, Dr. Frey is Hogan Personality Assessment certified and is an Independent Certified Coach, Teacher, Trainer and Speaker with The John Maxwell Team. On a personal note, he enjoys international travel, golf, spending time with family and participating in church activities.

Stephen Giere has served in Christian ministry in America and Europe for more than forty years. He taught and led a Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) class of 500 men in Chicago for seventeen years. Steve is a board member with the Forum of Christian Leaders serving in Europe with the European Leadership Forum. Key to his role is shepherding and mentoring young leaders. He serves as a lecturer/mentor at the Cambridge Leaders Network in Cambridge, UK. Steve and his wife, Connie, are residents of Geneva, IL and members of The Moody Church in Chicago, a diverse, urban congregation with seventy countries of birth and fifty mother languages represented in its membership. There he teaches, mentors, and serves as an elder. They have two grown children and ten grandchildren. Steve retired in 2019 after 45 years engaged in finance with experience in corporate management as CEO of a commercial bank, and as a business owner establishing an investment management practice. Steve earned his B.A. in psychology at North Central College in Naperville, IL, and M.M. from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Marián Kanuch is a Lutheran pastor in Žilina, Slovakia. He also serves as a regional leader for twenty-two local congregations. In 2018, he defended his dissertation: “Planting New Churches as a Challenge for Lutheran Missiology”. He is also very interested in the topic of revitalization of local churches. The process of revitalization is also happening in his congregation. He is married to Olinka and they serve together in Žilina.

Henryk Król is president & CEO of DEOrecordings Association (CCM Media), an umbrella organisation owning three limited companies: Studio DR, Ltd (he is its President and CEO), Radio CCM Ltd. and MCC Group, Ltd. It forms an innovative media ministry based in Poland that combines traditional media (6 FM Radio stations), art (professional recording studio and publishing), and new tools (Software development with a flagship – Gele/CODEX e-learning platform tailored to spiritual follow-up, Service Center to Jesus.net global evangelistic movement, multiple own portals, multimedia productions, etc). Having a holistic vision of a “full path,” all the communications and technology are backed by an army of hundreds of volunteers who implement it daily with interested seekers, both online as e-coaches and offline as small group leaders. His heart is in building cooperation and partnership across denominations and countries, networking for better effectiveness in spreading the Gospel. Henryk holds a PhD in engineering. His present research focuses on how to best use the Internet without forgetting to "stand firm" on the biblical truth as the final authority. He is married to Boguslawa, with whom he has three adult children: Filip, Paulina, and Szczepan.

Kenneth MacKenzie attends and serves as an elder at The Church St. Blane's, Dunblane and is the Chairman of the Prison Fellowship Scotland. His past leadership roles include being the CEO of five different businesses. In addition to his current ministries, Kenneth is a Trustee of Trinity Forum Scotland, Wycliffe Bible Translators UK, and Covenant Fellowship Scotland.

Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He and his wife Krista are graduates of Cedarville University (’04) and both hold Th.M. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary ('10). They live in Chicago with their four children: Claire, Violet, Cora, and Jude. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God’s Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders. He can be heard on the weekly Moody Church Hour radio broadcast on over 700 stations nationwide. Philip enjoys cycling on the Chicago lakefront, deep-dish pizza, caramel popcorn, and craft root beer.

Joel Morris attends Grace Church, Porthcawl, UK and is the Executive Director of Union School of Theology. Their ministry works for healthy church growth through raising, deploying, and supporting leaders. They invest in church planting and revitalisation through theological resources, education, and access to funding. Their school has some 170 students who go on to plant and serve churches around Europe and the world.

Zefjan Nikolla is the General Secretary of BSKSH (IFES Albania) and pastor of Emanuel Evangelical Church in Tirana. He is involved in various national and international evangelistic initiatives ranging from youth ministries to attempts to reach government leaders. He is also the director of the Albanian Leadership Forum. His passions include sports, reading, and above all, seeing his nation turn to Christ. Zefjan is married to Edita and they have two daughters, Greis and Emili.

Jane Norton is the daughter of a coach and teacher who taught her the value of work, honesty, family, and service. Those ideals led her to a career in public service where she served in appointed and elected government positions in her home state of Colorado and in Washington, DC. She also worked in the private and non-profit sectors where she served in leadership, development, and consulting roles. Jane earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences, a Master’s Degree in Management, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree from Colorado Christian University. Jane is married to Mike and together they have four children and seven grandchildren.

Bill Skowera earned his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois in 1978. His professional background includes over twenty years in the computer industry in product development, marketing and accounting. In 1987, Bill and three others founded Silvon Software, where he worked until coming to Cedarstone Partners in 2001. Bill balances his time at Cedarstone with his involvement at Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church and international travel. He and his wife, Sandy, have three adult children. In his free time, Bill enjoys biking and reading.

Zsolt Szalai, following his studies on Hungarian and English universities and completion of a university doctor’s degree in finance, has spent the last three decades in mid and upper management roles in banking, private equity, not-for-profit organizations, and Christian churches. Currently, he is self-employed as a business consultant. Besides that, he is Head of the Board of Elders of Szentendre Reformed Church, Chairman of Christian Businessmen Association, Board Member of Compass Europe, and leader of the Leadership Workshop of the Hungarian Evangelical Forum. During his career, Zsolt gained a wide range of experience in corporate finance, capital markets, project finance, innovation management, and business development areas. Zsolt is also an adjunct professor at Károli Gáspár Reformed University, Pentecostal Theological College, and Bakke Graduate University. He is also an active speaker and lecturer on conferences and leadership courses and workshops.

Jeremy Taylor spent much of his professional life in Christian publishing, working as an editor at Tyndale House Publishers for nearly twenty years, assisting many of the industry’s top authors in making their messages clear and compelling. Currently, he serves as president of Tyndale House Foundation, an international organization with partnerships throughout the world, many related to publishing and literature. He has a BA in Communications from Wheaton College and an MA in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Nancy, have five children and live in Wheaton, Illinois.

Bernd Winkelstraeter is a professional consultant, trainer, and coach living in Germany. After 29 years working as international computer technology expert in R&D, he switched to study work and organizational psychology. With this unique combination, he supports organizations to cope with all the change and increased uncertainty of the digital age. In 2011, Bernd founded vision2inspire, a Christian startup incubator for charitable projects. He is a coach for Natural Church Development, a church growth concept applied around the world. Bernd is member of an International Baptist Church (IBC), and over almost four decades, he has volunteered in various leadership roles in church. Bernd is trained in Christian counseling and holds an M.A. in work and organizational psychology and a German M.Sc. equivalent in computer science.