Online One-on-One Mentoring
Do you have questions and challenges in your ministry?
Would you benefit from a mentoring session(s) from an experienced senior leader not just at the annual Forum but during the year?
Online One-on-One Mentoring seeks to unite, equip, and resource evangelical leaders personally, professionally, and spiritually throughout the year by connecting them one-on-one with experienced mentors and leaders who can mentor them and speak into their lives and ministries. Online mentoring expands support to leaders and facilitates mentoring connections throughout the year by:
- Recruiting trusted ELF leaders as mentors with extensive experience in their field and a heart to serve
- Providing a platform for leaders to find suitable mentors in their field or issue area and request an online meeting time.
Since leaders have such a wide variety of needs, the Forum will offer many different types of mentoring in areas ranging from Leadership and Management to Academic to Personal Counselling.
Who Can Sign Up?
The Online One-on-One Mentoring will first be available to evangelical leaders who attended the European Leadership Forum.
See a list of the mentoring types here:
Apologetics and Evangelism
Apologetics
Apologetics Mentoring focuses specifically on how to think strategically about apologetics, how to identify and connect with important points of contact in a culture, and how to remove roadblocks to the Gospel.
Mentors
Alexander Fink is Director of the Institute for Faith and Science (Institut für Glaube und Wissenschaft) in Marburg, Germany (www.iguw.de). He studied physics at Bayreuth and St. Andrews (UK) universities and received his PhD at the Institute for Biophysics at the University of Regensburg. After working as an industrial product manager, he became the director of the SMD graduates' ministry (Akademiker-SMD, the German branch of IFES) until 2014. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ELF Steering Committee and has co-led the Scientists Network. He is the editor of the "Begründet-glauben-Podcast" (www.begruendet-glauben.org) and has produced three documentary movies, "Fascinating Universe", "More than My Brain", and “Is there meaning in suffering?” which were officially recommended for use in secular public schools. Together with his wife, Alexander enjoys raising his two children, preaching and leading a house group in his local church, and being a youth soccer trainer in his local sports club.
John Kirkpatrick served as a minister in the Presbyterian Church for the past 40 years. He’s recently retired but is still very active across several ministries. He chairs the management board at Union Theological College and has some teaching and mentoring responsibilities there. John also serves as part of the preaching team in First Ballymena Presbyterian Church participating in monthly preaching opportunities. This year will mark the 30th year John has served the Motorcycle racing world in Ireland as Chaplain to the Motorcycle Union of Ireland. He gives help and oversight to the church plant Trinity Church Central London. Additionally, at the European Leadership Forum, John has led the Apologetics (Foundational) Network for many years and is now offering more general help across all Networks.
Scientific Apologetics
Scientific Apologetics Mentoring helps those who want to be involved in scientific apologetics to think strategically about questions of how to respond to the challenges posed by scientific naturalism to the Gospel.
Mentors
Alexander Fink is Director of the Institute for Faith and Science (Institut für Glaube und Wissenschaft) in Marburg, Germany (www.iguw.de). He studied physics at Bayreuth and St. Andrews (UK) universities and received his PhD at the Institute for Biophysics at the University of Regensburg. After working as an industrial product manager, he became the director of the SMD graduates' ministry (Akademiker-SMD, the German branch of IFES) until 2014. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ELF Steering Committee and has co-led the Scientists Network. He is the editor of the "Begründet-glauben-Podcast" (www.begruendet-glauben.org) and has produced three documentary movies, "Fascinating Universe", "More than My Brain", and “Is there meaning in suffering?” which were officially recommended for use in secular public schools. Together with his wife, Alexander enjoys raising his two children, preaching and leading a house group in his local church, and being a youth soccer trainer in his local sports club.
Andy McIntosh holds an Emeritus chair in Thermodynamics at the University of Leeds and is also an adjunct professor of Engineering at Liberty University in Virginia. He has had a long scientific research career concerning mathematics, combustion and aeronautics, both in academia and in a government establishment, and is author of over 200 academic papers. Andy has long worked on combustion and its interaction with acoustics and larger pressure waves. He has also worked on the mathematical modelling of ignition, and he is the inventor of the 𝜇Mist novel spray technology which mimics the Bombardier beetle spray and has led to this spray technology being applied to fuel injectors, pharmaceutical sprays, aerosols and more recently fire sprinkler systems. This was awarded the 2010 Times Higher Educational award for the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology. His work has also included investigations into the fundamental link between thermodynamics and information. This strikes at the heart of the issue concerning abiogenesis – the information in living systems is neither matter nor energy but is absolutely essential for life.
Andy now lectures widely on origins, and has authored the books “Genesis for Today” (Day One, 6th Edition, 2017), and “A verse by verse examination of Genesis 1-11” (Day One, 2016) and has contributed to a number of other books including “Wonders of Creation – Design in a fallen world”(co-authored with Stuart Burgess and Brian Edwards, Day One, 2017), “Origins – examining the evidence” (Truth in Science, 2011), “In six days” (Master Books, 2009) and “Should Christians embrace Evolution?” (IVP, 2009). He has also written the booklet “Are you really an Atheist?” (2018) and co-authored the booklets “Is it True – Evidence for Creation” (2018) and “A wonder of Creation – the Kingfisher” (2024) and is co-director of the UK education think tank Truth in Science. He is married with 4 children (one of whom died in infancy), and 7 grandchildren.
Church Leadership and Ministry
Bible Teaching and Preaching
Bible Teaching and Preaching Mentoring gives leaders an opportunity to learn key principles, ask questions, and receive feedback on their Bible Teaching and Preaching from a senior and experienced mentor.
Mentors
Tamás Schauermann is a graphic designer, organisation developer, coach, and trainer in Hungary. His main interest is helping people find their calling and work and live in healthy communities that are making use of their talents but also provide a meaningful framework for their everyday lives. His focuses are individual career facilitation, leadership development, team building, and helping in creating or mending organisational issues. His constant interest is to understand how methodologies can be applied to church revitalisation and also how Biblical reality can inform professional choices. He is heavily involved with Inductive Bible study and expository bible preaching. He is married with Monika and has two grownup boys and a granddaughter.
Church Leadership
Church Leadership Mentoring aims to support, equip, and mentor the leaders and aspiring leaders of churches, networks, denominations, and Christian organizations to face the complexity of leading growing ministries
Mentors
Jonathan Bond was brought up near Bakewell in Derbyshire. Jonathan was a management accountant before his call to full-time Christian ministry. He undertook 2 ½ years on the job training at the church he attended in Leeds before, on his 40th birthday, becoming pastor of Jennyfield Evangelical Church, a smaller church in Harrogate. After nearly 18 years, he left to become FIEC’s Director for Smaller Churches. This role involves supporting, encouraging and seeking to be a blessing to some 300 churches within the FIEC (35 members or less) through offering advice, being the conduit for partnerships and supporting churches through revitalisation programs. Jonathan is still keen on sport, he is married to Sarah - they have 4 grown-up daughters and 5 grandchildren (2 girls and 3 boys).
Church Revitalisation
Church Revitalisation Mentoring provides an opportunity for participants to discuss the common obstacles and available tools to bring revitalization to an existing church.
Mentors
David Brown planted three churches before revitalising a church in central Paris. For many years, he was involved with GBU (Groupes Bibliques Universitaires), the French student movement affiliated with IFES, and he was also chair of the Evangelism Commission of the French “National Council of Evangelicals”. More recently, he has been promoting church revitalisation through his teaching and mentoring at the Bible Institutes in Geneva and Paris and by leading a range of seminars and workshops in France and across Europe.
Financial Stewardship
Financial Stewardship Mentoring provides a guidance to leaders in learn, apply and multiply Gods financial principles in their personal life or ministry or church.
Mentors
Pavel Pavlov is the CEO of Compass Europe, a financial discipleship movement. He previously worked with the Forum of Christian Leaders (FOCL), organizing and developing year-round training and mentoring initiatives for Christian leaders across Europe. Before that, he served as an administrator for a church actively engaged in community outreach and organized several Forum National Conferences. Pavel also gained managerial experience working for international corporations. He serves on the board of trustees for European Christian Mission International (ECMI) and is the chair of its finance and audit committee. His passion lies in life and executive coaching. Pavel is married, has three children, and lives in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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.
Pastors
Pastors Mentoring provides pastors with the chance to discuss questions and concerns about their ministry with a more experienced mentor and to receive encouragement, prayer, and refreshment.
Mentors
John Kirkpatrick served as a minister in the Presbyterian Church for the past 40 years. He’s recently retired but is still very active across several ministries. He chairs the management board at Union Theological College and has some teaching and mentoring responsibilities there. John also serves as part of the preaching team in First Ballymena Presbyterian Church participating in monthly preaching opportunities. This year will mark the 30th year John has served the Motorcycle racing world in Ireland as Chaplain to the Motorcycle Union of Ireland. He gives help and oversight to the church plant Trinity Church Central London. Additionally, at the European Leadership Forum, John has led the Apologetics (Foundational) Network for many years and is now offering more general help across all Networks.
Youth Ministry
Youth Ministry Mentoring is designed to encourage youth ministers while offering them an opportunity to talk through difficult issues and to give them some of the tools they need to impact the church of tomorrow.
Mentors
Paul Bowman has 30 years of experience in full-time youth ministry in the local church. He now serves as the national director for Josiah Venture UK. He is committed to training and equipping the next generation of youth leaders, and mobilizing people, prayer and resources for ministry to youth in Central and Eastern Europe. He lives with his wife Val and their three children in Saintfield, Northern Ireland. He holds a BSc Hons in Community Youth Work and a Master’s in Transformational Leadership.
Organisational Leadership
AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mentoring provides guidance and support for leaders seeking to learn more on how to effectively use the benefits of the artificial intelligence in their churches, ministries and Christian organizations.
Mentors
Charlie Catlett is a senior computer scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, with visiting appointments at the University of Chicago and the University of Bristol. He has focused his research for 40 years in the development of the Internet and WorldWideWeb, computer security, and high-performance computing, holding scientific leadership positions at multiple universities and national laboratories. During the past decade his research has focused on the use of computational modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) embedded with sensors to create new classes of environmental measurements and urban planning capabilities. Recently he has also used AI-based data analysis to assess community vulnerability to factors ranging from communicable disease to impacts of climate change, such as flooding and extreme temperatures. He has received numerous awards for his research and leadership, including being named to Crain’s “Tech 50” leaders in Chicago in 2014, GovTech magazine’s national “25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers” of 2016, as a Distinguished Performer in 2019 by the Board of Trustees of Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, and was named one of the "High Performance Computing People to Watch in 2025" by HPCWire magazine. Charlie is a Computer Engineering graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Starting a new organisation and moving it through the early stages of growth can be a daunting task for anyone, even those with leadership experience. Some have great ideas but lack the confidence to move them beyond the vision. What key issues should be considered before getting started in order to avoid failure? What skill sets are needed to get a new organisation off the ground? Are you the right person to lead the organisation? What aspects of business best practice can be used in a Christian organisation, and how do you ensure that the organisation is run by Christian principles? Forum Entrepreneurial Leadership Mentoring provides an opportunity to discuss these issues and other personal concerns that you may have with an experienced entrepreneur.
Mentors
Nick Davis is a retired Managing Director of a group of international medical products companies and is a member of a large diverse church in South Wales. Nick is a qualified accountant who now sits on the boards of several charities and non-profit companies (covering areas such as the Christian response to poverty alleviation in the UK and Africa, human trafficking and slavery), advising particularly on strategic planning, business development, financial, and regulatory issues. Nick and his wife Ruth have spent much of the last year living in Uganda working with Christian businesses and NGOs.
Leadership and Management
Leadership and Management Mentoring provides organisation leaders an opportunity to talk over a specific management problem(s) with an experienced leader who is willing to listen, ask relevant questions, and offer opinions about the problem, based on their experience.
Mentors
Nola Leach is a co-leader of the European Politics and Society Network and served as the Chief Executive of CARE (Christian Action Research & Education), one of Europe’s leading Christian charities, which provides resources and helps bring Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and practical caring initiatives. CARE undertakes a variety of social caring and educational programmes and research and is represented in the UK Parliaments and Assemblies. As Head of the Public Affairs team, Nola led campaigns on topics such as human trafficking, Internet pornography, and the value of human life from its beginning to natural end. She oversaw the publication of Living Free, a sequel to the CARE book Searching for Intimacy – a resource designed to help those trapped in the net of Internet pornography. She has a passion for developing Christian leaders and headed up CARE’s unique Leadership Programme. She is increasingly in demand as both a writer and a public speaker, has penned numerous articles, and regularly appears in the media. She now spends her time mentoring leaders, speaking, and writing.
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.
Personal
Family
Family Mentoring aims to provide biblically sound advice for building strong families to parents, grandparents, or lay and professional counselors who deal frequently with family-related issues.
Mentors
Jay Mosser has served in pastoral roles for 43 years – about 20 years in various assistant pastor capacities and the rest as senior pastor. Through those years he has served in three churches ranging from smaller (less than 50) to larger (about 1,000). Along the way he has worked with children, teens, worship ministry, pastoral care, preaching, and leadership. Jay has an M.Div. from Western (Conservative Baptist) Seminary and a D.Min. from Corban University in Oregon, where his doctoral thesis was titled How a Pastor’s Theology of Shepherding Affects the Health & Growth of a Church. He is married to Kathy and has three daughters and five grandchildren. In his spare time, he loves to read, hike, travel, watch sports, and spend time with his family.
Dawn Patterson has worked with para-church ministries for about 45 years — in the US, Germany and Russia. She is married (40 years) and has 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren. Her ministry focus is leading and mentoring women of various ages and cultures through encouragement and study of the Scriptures. Currently, she lives in Minnesota.
Personal Counselling for Men
Personal Counselling was created in response to a request by many Forum participants over the years for the opportunity to meet with experienced Forum leaders and counsellors to talk and pray about personal issues or struggles.
Mentors
I'm 74 years old, came to really know the LORD 54 years ago, married Dawn 40+ years ago. We have four adult children, and six grandchildren.
Dawn and I met while serving the LORD with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru), with whom we were staff members for 35+ years, first in California, then Germany and then Russia. We now happily serve with a small mission group called GLINTS. For the most part I have served in the administrative realm, but my real love and work has been helping people to study, learn and believe the Scriptures. Check out my Bible study website at B-study.expertlearning.net.
I do not consider myself as an "expert" in anything, really, but as one who has been blessed by God with a number of wonderful opportunities I could not even have imagined before. I am still on the life-long process of sanctification, and He has ever been faithful. One of my life verses is, "Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.” (1Th 5:24)
I would be happy to hear about your life and ministry, and share mine with you. God willing, we will encourage one another.
Personal Counselling for Women
Personal Counselling was created in response to a request by many Forum participants over the years for the opportunity to meet with experienced Forum leaders and counsellors to talk and pray about personal issues or struggles.
Mentors
Jeanette Frahm has been leading women for over 45 years in the church, her community and as a staff member of The Navigators through Bible studies, discipleship groups, conferences, banquets and retreats. She co-founded The Northfield Women's Center and serves as President of the Board of Directors. A certified Narrative Life Coach who listens well and helps women feel inspired and empowered to make long-term changes that will benefit them the rest of their lives.
Following a 36-year nursing career, I trained as a Psychotherapist qualifying in 2014. I completed Post Graduate Diplomas in Integrative Counselling and Counselling Children and Young People through the University of South Wales, UK. Following this, I completed a master’s degree in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy at Waverly Abbey College a Christian college because I desired to explore Psychotherapy from a Christian perspective. I am married to Ian a Minister in the Presbyterian Church of Wales and have four children, we live in South Wales. I am in Private Practice offering Psychotherapy and Clinical and Pastoral Supervision. I am also employed by the Presbyterian Church of Wales as Wellbeing Coordinator for South East Wales Presbytery.
Karen Pourcho is a passionate leader and visionary, currently serving as the Director of Women’s Ministry at College Park Church in Indianapolis, IN. In this role, she oversees a range of initiatives, including women’s Bible studies, discipleship programs, and community-building groups and events. As a member of the Directional Team, Karen contributes to the church’s strategic vision, ensuring that its mission resonates deeply with the community. Before her current position, Karen served as a Teaching Director with Community Bible Study, a role that allowed her to nurture a deep love for helping women grow in their understanding of Scripture and their ability to engage with it meaningfully. Her heart is dedicated to empowering others with the tools to explore, interpret, and live out the Word. Married to Bob for 40 years, they enjoy travelling, hiking, and creating memories with their children and six grandchildren.
Women and Leadership
Women and Leadership Mentoring provides a time to seek the perspective that God may have on your circumstances and situations from an experienced mentor.
Mentors
Nola Leach is a co-leader of the European Politics and Society Network and served as the Chief Executive of CARE (Christian Action Research & Education), one of Europe’s leading Christian charities, which provides resources and helps bring Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and practical caring initiatives. CARE undertakes a variety of social caring and educational programmes and research and is represented in the UK Parliaments and Assemblies. As Head of the Public Affairs team, Nola led campaigns on topics such as human trafficking, Internet pornography, and the value of human life from its beginning to natural end. She oversaw the publication of Living Free, a sequel to the CARE book Searching for Intimacy – a resource designed to help those trapped in the net of Internet pornography. She has a passion for developing Christian leaders and headed up CARE’s unique Leadership Programme. She is increasingly in demand as both a writer and a public speaker, has penned numerous articles, and regularly appears in the media. She now spends her time mentoring leaders, speaking, and writing.
Karen Pourcho is a passionate leader and visionary, currently serving as the Director of Women’s Ministry at College Park Church in Indianapolis, IN. In this role, she oversees a range of initiatives, including women’s Bible studies, discipleship programs, and community-building groups and events. As a member of the Directional Team, Karen contributes to the church’s strategic vision, ensuring that its mission resonates deeply with the community. Before her current position, Karen served as a Teaching Director with Community Bible Study, a role that allowed her to nurture a deep love for helping women grow in their understanding of Scripture and their ability to engage with it meaningfully. Her heart is dedicated to empowering others with the tools to explore, interpret, and live out the Word. Married to Bob for 40 years, they enjoy travelling, hiking, and creating memories with their children and six grandchildren.
Kathryn Tack is an Experienced Leader in Transformational Leadership Development. A committed follower of Christ since her early 20’s who felt called to the marketplace to create a ripple effect for Christ as His ambassador to teach executives principles for integrating their faith and work.
Kathryn was President and CEO of a multi-million dollar enterprise that employed a staff of 350. Drawing on her experience as a business owner, Kathryn has developed and trained peak performers to use their talents to achieve their greatest potential. She has been a Chair for Vistage and The Women Presidents Organization, world-wide CEO roundtables. She attended Michigan State University; is a graduate of the Executive Coaching Institute and Coach U, as well The John Maxwell Team of coaches, speakers and trainers. Her blend of experience as a CEO, executive coach, Christian leader, wife and mother brings a profound depth of wisdom and practical application to the field. She is Emeritus Board Member for 4word, a global community of Christian women in the Marketplace.
Vocation
Academic
Academic Mentoring gives young academics an opportunity to discuss a piece of academic work (such as a chapter of a thesis/dissertation or a scholarly article) or a general issue related to their experience in academia with a more experienced academic.
Mentors
Alexander Fink is Director of the Institute for Faith and Science (Institut für Glaube und Wissenschaft) in Marburg, Germany (www.iguw.de). He studied physics at Bayreuth and St. Andrews (UK) universities and received his PhD at the Institute for Biophysics at the University of Regensburg. After working as an industrial product manager, he became the director of the SMD graduates' ministry (Akademiker-SMD, the German branch of IFES) until 2014. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ELF Steering Committee and has co-led the Scientists Network. He is the editor of the "Begründet-glauben-Podcast" (www.begruendet-glauben.org) and has produced three documentary movies, "Fascinating Universe", "More than My Brain", and “Is there meaning in suffering?” which were officially recommended for use in secular public schools. Together with his wife, Alexander enjoys raising his two children, preaching and leading a house group in his local church, and being a youth soccer trainer in his local sports club.