Year-Round Mentoring Group for Church & Organisational Leaders

with John Stevens, Adrian Reynolds & Ray Evans

What People Are Saying

‘It enabled me to exchange ideas and learn from others who live and serve in a similar setting. The teachers were extremely well prepared and were able to serve me and all of us with both their experience and their godly characters. In my service as a churchplanter and board member of our national church network here in Italy, I don't have many opportunities to take part in such a high-quality training. It will leave lasting marks in my life and service. And my prayer is, that the people I serve can also take part in this blessing.’

Doris Meister, church leader in Italy

‘This YRM helped me especially to improve strategic thinking about my ministry. I wish I could encourage German leaders of churches or organisations to participate.’

Daniel von Wachter, director of the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein

Programme Overview

GOAL

To support, equip, and mentor the leaders and aspiring leaders of larger churches, networks, denominations, and Christian organisations to face the complexity of leading growing ministries. It will help them to maintain their own spiritual health and vision, to gain the skills that they will need to take their organisations to the next level and to face the challenges and obstacles that prevent organisations reaching their full gospel potential.

PARTICIPANTS

Ten to twelve leaders (in two groups) who are leading larger churches with multiple staff members (or Christian organisations with a staff in excess of ten), or who are realistically aspiring to the leadership of such an entity in the next 3-5 years.

QUALIFICATION

Each participant will be actively involved in Christian leadership and be a spiritually mature Christian.

YRM Leaders

John Stevens

John Stevens is the National Director of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), a British network of 600 independent churches. Over the past eight years, he has led a reorganisation of the FIEC, which has encouraged more than 120 churches to join. He has planted two churches in very different contexts—City Church Birmingham and Christchurch Market Harborough—and is the author of Independent Church: Biblically Shaped and Gospel-Driven, Knowing Our Times, and How Can I Be Sure?

Adrian Reynolds

Adrian Reynolds is the Associate National Director for the FIEC, with responsibility for training and developing healthy churches. Following a career as a senior leader in the pharmaceutical industry, he served as pastor of Yateley Baptist Church and then as Director of Ministry at the Proclamation Trust before joining the FIEC in 2017. He is the author of 12 books, including And Then He Knew Her: A Biblical View of Sex; Teaching Numbers: From Text to Message, and Progress: Lifelong Growth for Christian Workers. He is also a director of several Christian charities and organisations in the UK, including an overseas mission board.

Ray Evans

Ray Evans is the Senior Pastor of Grace Community Church Bedford and the FIEC Leadership Consultant. He has helped many large and medium-sized churches face the challenges of growth, applying both the teaching of Scripture and the best insights of successful Christian leaders and secular management theory. He is the author of Ready, Steady, Grow: Equipping Today’s Gospel Churches.

Application Process

To apply:

  1. Thoroughly review the curriculum.

  2. Complete the online application.

  3. Ask a pastor or spiritual mentor to complete a reference on your behalf.

  4. All applications will be reviewed. We will notify you whether or not you have been accepted as a participant in the 2022-23 programme within four to six weeks.

If you have questions, contact us at initiatives@euroleadership.org.