Programme Overview

 Fruitful, long-term effectiveness is the goal of everyone in ministry. No one wants to simply finish the race; we want to finish strong. This Year-Round Mentoring program is designed to mentor pastors one-on-one, or in a small group of 3-4 pastors in the personal and ministry needs they have in order to achieve fruitful and effective long-term ministry.

Goals

1)  Growth and focus on personal spiritual health as pastoral leaders with our families, schedules, and churches

2)  Learning how to make decisions for personal encouragement, accountability, and help in pastoral ministry

3)  Learning how to prepare ourselves for work in the church, building healthy teams and leading church services and ministry events

4)  Growth in developing communities where deep spiritual change can happen through Christ 

Strategy

Church Ministry is 80% invisible and 20% visible.

80% Invisible

Who you are in Christ is more important than anything you do. This is an opportunity to focus on our personal spiritual growth and health. It is a chance to look at our lives, our families, our schedules, how we make decisions, and where we go for help and encouragement.

20% Visible

Your preparation and planning will determine the effectiveness of the 20% that everyone sees. How do you prepare yourself for your work? What is the role of planning and team building? In this part we will discuss what it means to be prepared for Sundays or church ministry events. In addition, we will talk about healthy planning for ministry and service.

There is no set curriculum or method. Depending on a particular pastor’s challenges, different topics and strategies may be appropriate.  Various articles, video lectures, or books would be assigned and discussed. 

YRM for Pastoral Growth would include 8 to 10 one-on-one, or small group meetings with other pastors over the course of 12 months, including two face-to-face meetings at ELF’s annual meeting and by Zoom.

Commitments

• Attending one-on-one or in a small group Zoom meetings over the course of 12 months, including one-on-one meetings during the ELF annual meetings in May 2025 and 2026. 

• Access all Zoom meetings on a computer with a good Internet connection, using a head-set.

• Complete all assignments (including reading, watching videos, and writing) before each Zoom meeting.

• In order to be accepted to next years' European Leadership Forum all Year-Round Mentoring participants will need to nominate two other leaders for the following year Year-Round Mentoring which includes personally contacting and recruiting them by email.