Year-Round Mentoring Group for Youth Ministry Leaders
with Paul Bowman
Programme Overview
Goal: To provide youth ministry leaders a year-round forum to facilitate mentoring, training, and development needs.
Participants: Five to twelve Christian youth ministry leaders with at least 2 years of youth ministry leadership experience who are willing to commit to becoming part of a learning community
Qualifications: Each participant should be actively involved in youth ministry, preferably leading a youth ministry team, and be a spiritually mature Christian.
Plan:
Pre-Forum Seminar at the 2025 Forum in Wisła, Poland on 17 May (14:00-17:30 CEST)
Four two-hour webinars with webinar assignments
Three-day Retreat on 2-4 December 2025 in Budapest, Hungary
Pre-Forum Conference at the 2026 Forum (Friday, 15 May, dinner together – Saturday, 16 May, morning). Participants will still need to apply for the European Leadership Forum and will be responsible for paying Forum fees in order to participate in the 2026 Forum. Participants must also pay for their own travel expenses.
YRM Leader
Paul Bowman has 30 years of experience in full-time youth ministry in the local church. He has served in a variety of settings throughout Ireland – both urban and rural – working with churched and unchurched young people. He is passionate about developing disciple making Youth Ministry. Paul serves with Josiah Venture UK and is committed to training and equipping the next generation of youth leaders. 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 Masters in Transformational Leadership.
Application Process
To apply:
Thoroughly review the curriculum.
Complete the online application.
All applications will be reviewed. We will notify you whether or not you have been accepted as a participant in the 2025-26 programme within four to six weeks.
If you have questions, contact us at initiatives@euroleadership.org.