Rick Lewis
Dr Rick Lewis is primarily a practitioner of mentoring, serving around 70 senior Christian leaders in Australia, the UK, Europe and South-east Asia.
Rick is the convenor of the ACMN leadership committee, founder of Anamcara Consulting in Australia, Director of Mentoring for ForMission in the UK and a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, having conducted action research into mentoring processes for pastors. His first book, Mentoring Matters, published in 2009, deals especially with formal, structured mentoring for Christian leaders.
Em Seinemeier
Em is a seasoned mentor, supervisor, trainer and facilitator with a heart to see people develop and thrive in their sense of identity and vocation. She is an accredited minister with the Churches of Christ in WA with over 20 years experience.
Through journeying with pastors, leaders and chaplains, and from her own story as a minister and Jesus-follower, Em is convinced of the deep value of collaborative relationships, courageous conversations, intentional reflective space, and sustainable rhythms in fostering fulfilling professional and lay practice.
Em has navigated key seasons of transition and change in her ministry and family life, and she recognises the potential of such times for growth. She loves challenging podcasts, travel to cold places, and altogether too much tea!
Tim Dyer
Tim Dyer is a trainer of church consultants, mentors and leaders. He is linked to the Australian John Mark Ministries network which focuses on care, development and support for clergy and the health of congregations. Tim is a regular speaker at Pastors’ and Clergy Conferences in areas of leadership, church systems, professional ethics, mentoring, conflict management and the impact of clergy sexual abuse. He contributes to in-service training programs for clergy and leaders across several denominations and states.
Besides mentoring pastors and leaders himself, Tim trains Christian leaders in the skills required to equip others to become leaders through intentional one to one mentoring. Tim has an interest in healthy congregational and parish life and consults with churches and denominations on processes which create and support parish health.
ANGELA JOLLY
Angela is gifted trainer, event planner and stakeholder engager who has been a mentoring skills trainer and mentor for more than ten years. She has held leadership roles in church and school governance for more than 25 years and was the CEO of a large state-wide Not for Profit Schools Ministry Group for 8 years. With the parable of the Good Samaritan a huge ‘life’ influencer she is passionate about loving God, valuing others, coming alongside of them and equipping them on their life journey.
Driven by a passion to support and empower women to step into their calling, she has Co-Founded “Unlocking Your Calling”, offering mentoring, retreats and training grounded in Christian principles to help women discover and realise their calling.
Kylie Brown
Kylie originally trained as an occupational therapist and worked with children with disabilities. She then did a Ministry Apprenticeship with AFES (Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students) and subsequently completed a Master of Divinity through SMBC. While studying, she was a Student Minister at Randwick Presbyterian Church. In 2022 she also completed a Graduate Certificate of Christian Mentoring.
Kylie works at the Brisbane School of Theology as a mentor to students and lectures alongside Peter Moore in the Christian Mentoring Course. She mentors a number of women professionally, most of whom are in paid ministry or studying with that aim.
Kylie and her family have been attending Kenmore Presbyterian Church since 2008, where she serves on the music team, as a growth group and youth group leader. She also has a side hustle business teaching Sourdough breadmaking and is a bit of a hippy earth-mother type. She’s married to Andrew who is a Staffworker for AFES and they have 2 children. The family enjoy cooking, eating, gardening, making and adventuring in the outdoors together.
Luke Morgan
Luke has served in youth and community development mission for more than 20 years. He has led and taught in a variety of national and international contexts. Luke has lived in intentional missional communities for much of his ministry life.
His mentoring focus includes resourcing and supporting leaders and frontline workers in organisations, communities, churches, and denominations.
Carmen Wagenaar
Carmen is the part-time Coordinator for the ACMN. She has completed a three year mentor equipping training program with MEQ Sydney, and has worked in various pastoral and administrative roles.