Forum Leadership and Management Mentoring
Christian leadership is frequently a lonely and difficult responsibility. Few Christian leaders have received specialised management or leadership training. Leadership is complicated and often requires relational and spiritual maturity and a variety of skills. And because of the steep expense, few Christian leaders have ever had access to a management consultant.
Whom does one trust with the problems and struggles that are part of leadership? How does one grow as a leader? How does one untangle a difficult leadership problem?
Leaders sometimes need a chance to talk over difficult problems with other leaders. We believe it may be helpful for a leader actually to book some time with a couple of other leaders who are willing to listen, ask some relevant questions and offer opinions about the problem, based on their own experience.
Several leaders took advantage of this resource at the Annual European Leadership Forum, and found it helpful to talk with experienced Christian leaders about some issues that they faced. The success of this resource has therefore encouraged us to expand the possibilities of providing leadership and management consulting throughout the year.
John Lenton has agreed to serve as the Director of the European Leadership Forum - Leadership Mentoring. If you are interested in the possible of receiving input and help in your leadership, please contact us at contact@euroleadership.org.
Biographies of Mentors
Dr John Lenton
John Lenton is Honorary Pro-Rector of Emanuel University of Oradea, Romania, an evangelical Christian university accredited by the Romanian Ministry of Education. John was instrumental in helping to launch, in 1998, the Griffiths School of Business at Emanuel University, which just produced its third graduating class of students. Prior to moving to Romania in 1998, John was a Senior Vice President at American Express Europe, where he occupied a number of senior positions over a period of 15 years with the company, taking early retirement at the end of 1996 in order to devote himself full-time to Christian service. John has an MA from Oxford and an MBA from Harvard, and is also an ordained minister in the Church of England, having studied full time at Oak Hill Theological College shortly before moving to Romania.
Nick Nedelchev
Nick Nedelchev is the President of European Evangelical Alliance, the international network of national evangelical alliances in Europe, representing millions of evangelical Christians across the continent. Nick is the co-founder of the Bulgarian Biblical Academy, "Logos," which was later merged into the Bulgarian Evangelical Theological Institute in 1990, where he currently serves as the Principal, Rector and Executive Director. His interests are in the area of Practical Theology and Leadership Development. Nick received an Honorary Doctorate in Religious Education from Philadelphia College of Bible in 2000.
Dr Greg Pritchard
After finishing his PhD at Northwestern University, Dr Pritchard taught graduate school in the US, Europe and Asia, and presently serves as the Director of the Communication Institute, which exists to teach, equip and encourage Christian leaders. Dr Pritchard teaches and writes at the intersection of Theology, History, Philosophy and Sociology. His book, Willow Creek Seeker Service, is in its 4th English printing and has been published in 3 additional languages. Greg also serves as the Director of the European Leadership Forum.
