Dr. Ravi David currently serves as adjunct professor at SAIACS, in Bangalore, India, and in seminaries in Indonesia. He teaches pastoral theology and counseling, spiritual formation, management, and leadership. He holds a Ph.D. in practical theology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Ravi and his wife, Mercy, serve as members of The Mission Society Ministry Resource Team.
Rev. Dr. Dave McKechnie
The Rev. Dr. Dave McKechnie served for 25 years as Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Houston, one of the largest congregations in the denomination. Under his leadership, Houston Christian High School grew from a dream into a 50-acre educational institution serving 550 students, and the Houston campus of Fuller Theological Seminary was launched. Dave has served as Interim Pastor of Bel Air Presbyterian in Los Angeles, First Presbyterian in Houston, Eastminster Presbyterian in Wichita, and Carmel Presbyterian in Charlotte. He served as President of the Texas Theological Foundation and has a passion for educating and mentoring young pastors.
Omar Hamada
A former US Army Special Ops flight Surgeon, Dr. Omar Hamada is a physician of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a healthcare entrepreneur and local church leader. Dr. Hamada also graduated from seminary and was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister. His singular driving motivation in all that he does is to change the world so that all may hear about the Gospel of Christ and believe. Dr. Hamada is starting a mentoring group of Lay People.
Paula Frost
Paula is also an ordained Evangelical Covenant minister who has served in various local churches, and serves the denomination as a mentor, coach, and spiritual director. Paula is married to Herb Frost and together they have a heart for potentially starting a mentoring group for clergy couples. They are from Bayport, Minnesota.
Courtney McLaughlin
Courtney is passionate about helping people find freedom in Christ. She earned both her MDiv and DMin at Fuller Theological Seminary. Her ministry career spans more than two decades, including serving Marin Covenant Church, University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, and currently, First Presbyterian Church, Houston where she serves as the Pastor of Missional Integration. She takes a holistic, integrated approach to coaching serving in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, equipping leaders with tools for their professional and personal lives. She’s affectionately called both ‘word girl’ and ‘RevDocMom’ by her grown daughters, Emma and Camille. Her favorite days include hiking, cycling, or reading in the California sun.
Peter Chao
Peter Chao is founder of Eagles Communications, a unique evangelistic organization reaching pre-believers in East and South East Asia. Nearly 20 years ago, Peter realized that to “talk about Jesus” in Chinese culture literally means “to talk rubbish.” Seeking to earn the right to be heard, Peter began teaching leadership development courses for professionals based on moral anchors. Peter is a longtime member of LFM’s Point Group (Leighton’s original mentoring community) and now leads LFM’s Pelligrino mentoring community for ministry leaders in Asia.
Raphael Anzenberger
Dr. Raphael Anzenberger is a leader of evangelism, apologetics, and mentoring movements in the French-speaking world. He has led LFM’s R2E mentoring community, mentored over 100 French evangelists in a special training program, and founded the Global Evangelists Forum, where he offered mentor training in French North Africa and East Africa. Dr. Anzenberger has earned two doctorate degrees from Columbia International University, with one focused on mentoring and the other focused on church planting. He was honored as the Billy Graham Lausanne Scholar in 2018.
Jack Peebles
Jack Peebles is a seasoned pastor and ministry leader with over 25 years of experience in preaching, discipleship, strategic leadership, and congregational revitalization. He currently serves as the Senior Associate Pastor for Equipping and Missional Alignment at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, where he leads staff development, strategic planning, and ministry alignment for a 3,400-member congregation. His leadership has helped shape a flourishing staff culture, deepen congregational health, and equip individuals to live out their calling missionally.
Jack previously served as Senior Pastor and Head of Staff at Grace of Christ (formerly First Presbyterian Church) in Yakima, WA, where he guided the church through a revitalization process, a denominational transition, and significant renewal in attendance and engagement. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Fuller Theological Seminary (D.Min.), he has also served on national boards and committees. In addition to serving congregations in Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, he has led numerous mission teams across Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa, giving him sensitivity to diverse perspectives while enhancing his ability to engage with people from a variety of cultural contexts.
Trained in CliftonStrengths, Jack is passionate about helping people discover and leverage their unique, God-given talents in ways that lead to greater joy and fulfillment. His goal is to foster personal transformation as the foundation for congregational transformation, equipping individuals and churches to move from an attractional model of ministry toward a vibrant, missional way of life.
Jack is an avid fan of baseball, hiking, and fly-fishing—especially in his favorite place in the world, Sun Valley, Idaho. He is married to Margaret, who works with Financial Harvest Wealth Advisors. They have two children: Annabelle, a biology major at the University of Central Florida with aspirations of becoming a veterinarian, and David, a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy studying astronautical engineering.
Sarah Breuel
Sarah Breuel served as Chair of the Global Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in 2016 and has been named to Christianity Today’s “33 Under 33” Christian leaders to watch. Originally from Brazil, she has served for more than 15 years with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Brazil, Canada, Norway, and Italy, and also served as Director of Revive, a conference for young adults and college students seeking revival across Europe. Sarah has participated in an LFM mentoring community for more than a decade and now leads LFM’s Revivalists mentoring community for young revivalists in Europe.
Steve Abbott
The Rev. Dr. Steve Abbott served for more than 35 years as an Anglican minister, evangelist, and trainer in Australia. Since transitioning to semi-retirement in 2016, Steve has remained active mentoring younger leaders and providing Everyday Evangelism training for local churches. In addition to leading LFM’s Refresh mentoring community, Steve serves as a mentor trainer with Leighton Ford Ministries with a special focus on South East Asia.
