Year-Round Mentoring Group in Financial Discipleship
With Dr. Zsolt Szalai and Bert den Hertog
Programme Overview
Goal
To provide Christian leaders with comprehensive training in biblical stewardship and financial discipleship making, including biblical foundations and practical applications. This initiative seeks:
To train, equip, and qualify Christian leaders to teach stewardship and financial discipleship principles and practices in their area of influence
To train, equip, and motivate Christian leaders to recruit and train others in the area of biblical stewardship and financial discipleship
Biblical foundation
In the Great Commission, Jesus commanded all His followers (disciples) to teach "them to observe all that I have commanded to you" (Matthew 28:20, ESV). The Bible has 2,350 verses dealing with money, debt, giving, and possessions, and a great part of Jesus' teaching was also based on financial or economic examples. Unresolved or unsettled financial matters can hinder one’s spiritual life and intimate relationship with Jesus. Teachings not based on solid biblical foundations (e.g. the prosperity gospel) can also mislead followers of Jesus and create unnecessary conflicts among believers. It is very important for disciples of Jesus to understand what the Bible says about money, possessions, and giving (included in the command: to observe all) to grow in spiritual wisdom and have a more intimate relationship with the Lord.
Plan
Pre-Forum Seminar at the 2022 Forum: 21 May – 14.00 – 17.30;
Meals (breakfast, lunch or dinner) with Zsolt Szalai at the 2022 ELF;
Six webinars between September 2022 and April 2023;
Participation in the Compass Europe conference from 9-12 February 2023, including a one-day private network pre-conference meeting on 9 February;
A pre-forum conference before 2023 ELF on 19-20 May
Participants
Eight to twelve disciple-making leaders who are committed to becoming part of a learning community and dedicated to fulfilling all of the requirements of the Year-Round Mentoring Initiative.
Qualifications
Actively involved in evangelism and discipleship, and a spiritually mature evangelical leader.
YRM Leaders
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 carrier, 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.
Bert den Hertog is CEO of Compass Europe www.compass1.eu, member of the global leadership team of Compass Global. He has been sent out from his local church as the first stewardship missionary from the Netherlands. He is also pioneering the financial disciple ministry in his local church. His dream for Europe: at least 25% of the churches will have a local financial disciple leader for their church and community over 60 years. His passion is to recruit, develop and train local financial discipler so they will grow closer into the image of Christ and change society. Earlier he was for 8 years CEO of IFES-Netherlands (student ministry) and European Governance trainer for IFES Europe and pioneer of Veritas Europe. In the beginning of 2000 he was for a couple of years church planter and head of youth ministries for a Dutch Reformed Inner Mission Organisation. After graduating he was for 6 years project and commercial manager in a global advisory company (ARCADIS). Bert (53) is married to Marjon, they recieved 5 children and 2 grandchildren.
Application Process
To apply:
Thoroughly review the curriculum.
Complete the online application.
If your experience and responsibilities match this group’s aims, you will be asked to interview with Zsolt Szalai.
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.