Year-Round Mentoring Group
for Leaders in Media and Journalism
with Lars Dahle, Margunn Serigstad Dahle
Programme Overview
Wherever we live in today’s world, information and communication technologies increasingly influence our human lives, our Christian witness, and our Christian ministries. The varieties of local, global, and glocal media messages make for a challenging context in which to make the case for the truth of Christ and to live as a disciple of Christ in the 21st century. The missional discipleship issues related to the media are therefore extremely important for the global church.
This Year-Round Mentoring provides a learning community with biblical and missiological foundations, conceptual frameworks, and practical tools for personal and professional growth as a leader and media communicator.
GOAL
To mentor and provide evangelical leaders and influencers who are media communicators with a learning community for increased understanding of the various facets and contexts of media engagement to enable sharing of creative ideas, reflections, and mutual encouragement.
PARTICIPANTS / QUALIFICATIONS
Ten to fifteen leaders or influencers who are currently actively involved in media or journalism, whether in church, parachurch or mission contexts, the mainstream media, or in the academy. These leaders should be willing to commit to being part of a learning community.
The program starts with a Pre-Forum Seminar at the European Leadership Forum on May 16, 2026, from 14:00-17:30. For this purpose, you must also be registered and accepted to the 2026 ELF. Please use this link to read more about ELF and how to apply.
PLAN
Part I: A Pre-Forum Seminar on 16th May 2026 (14:00-17:30 CEST).
Part II: Four two-hour webinars throughout the year, with webinar assignments.
Part III: A three-day Retreat on 1-3 December 2026 (exact location TBD)
Part IV: A Pre-Forum Conference at the 2027 Forum (Friday, 21st May, dinner together – Saturday, 22nd 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 2027 Forum. Participants must also pay for their own travel expenses.
YRM Leaders
Lars Dahle
Lars Dahle is a theologian, educator, preacher, and apologist. Having a long previous experience in various academic leadership roles, he now works as Professor in Systematic Theology (with a speciality in Christian Apologetics) at NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway, where he has lectured in worldviews, ethics, and apologetics since 1991. Lars is also CEO of Damaris Norway, a resource development ministry for worldview analysis, cultural apologetics, and media engagement. He wrote his PhD on Acts 17:16-34. It is entitled An Apologetic Model Then and Now? (Open University, UK, 2001).
Since 2013, Lars is also Lausanne Catalyst for Media Engagement. Lars has written several academic and popular articles and was the lead editor of The Lausanne Movement: A Range of Perspectives (Oxford: Regnum, 2014). He is also the Founding Editor of the peer-reviewed Nordic apologetic journal Theofilos. In addition, Lars co-leads the European Leadership Forum Media Communicators Network with his wife, Margunn Serigstad Dahle, and his NLA and Damaris colleague Bjørn Hinderaker.
Follow Lars on his blog Media Messages Matter or on his Twitter account @LarsDahle.
Margunn Serigstad Dahle
Margunn Serigstad Dahle, the co-leader of the European Media Communicators Network, is Professor at NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway, where she has taught in the fields of communication, media, and worldviews since 1991. She was for many years Programme Director for the Communication and Worldviews Bachelor Program, which is designed to equip evangelical communicators and apologists in various fields for the contemporary Western cultural context. Especially connected to her Damaris involvement, she is a regular lecturer, speaker, and writer in various contexts in Norway and beyond. She was a co-editor of "The Lausanne Movement: A Range of Perspectives" (Oxford: Regnum, 2014). Margunn formerly served as Chairman of Lunde Publishing House and was for many years a board member of IKO – Institute for Christian Education Publishing.
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 2026-27 programme within four to six weeks.
If you have questions, contact us at initiatives@euroleadership.org