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Mike is married to Rachel, and along with their children, enjoy exploring the City of Cork and earning the coveted "customer of the month" title at their local coffee shop. Follow Mike on Twitter and Instagram: @mikeneglia.

Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado. Before moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years in Hungary as a missionary, pastor, and church planter with Calvary Chapel. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire (UK) and a master’s degree in Integrative Theology from the London School of Theology.
Nick is the author of Theology for the People, a blog and podcast discussing the intersection of theology and culture. Additionally, Nick is on the steering committee of the Expositors Collective, an organization that exists to equip and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. He also developed Cultivate, a program to assess, train, and deploy new church planters and missionaries.

When he is not preaching or teaching, you can find John at a local coffee shop meeting with and encouraging other local ministers; hanging out at home with wife and partner in ministry, Louise, his closest friend for 30 years; or throwing a ball to his dogs.

At 23, he moved to San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast to plant Calvary SLO Church, which has grown into an influential ministry with a strong emphasis on church planting and missions.
Bryan serves on the leadership team of Expositors Collective and, since 2023, has been travelling across the United States investing in and equipping preachers.
He is the father of two daughters, Brianna and Brooke, and enjoys time with his family, photography, coffee shops, and the surf.

The Podcast
In episode 451 of the Expositors Collective Podcast, Pastor Danny Ramos explores the heart of Christian mentorship and explains why investing personally in others is among the most rewarding and fruitful forms of ministry.
Recorded at the Expositors Collective training event at Reliance Church in Temecula, California, Danny builds his message around Paul’s words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:1–2: receive what has been entrusted to you, then pass it faithfully to others who will do the same.
Danny answers three practical questions: What is mentoring? Why does it matter? And how can someone find a mentor? He describes mentoring as “walking with someone today in a way that shapes your tomorrow”—a transformative relationship in which wisdom, experience, character and ministry are shared through life together.
Using the memorable picture of an experienced surgeon training others at the scrub sink, Danny shows why instruction alone is not enough. Emerging leaders need opportunities to prepare alongside mature believers, participate in real ministry, reflect upon what happened and continue the conversation afterward. Some lessons are taught, but others can only be caught through shared experience.
Mentorship may happen for a season and may involve several different people throughout a lifetime. It can take place in person, through ministry teams, books, articles and trusted voices from a distance. But the process reaches maturity when the person who has been mentored begins investing in someone else.
Danny offers four practical steps for those seeking mentorship:
• Pray — ask God to bring the right person into your life.
• Look — observe someone’s walk with the Lord and relationships with others.
• Ask — request time to shadow them and learn about their habits and availability.
• Invest — begin mentoring someone less experienced and invite them to serve alongside you.
This message will encourage pastors, Bible teachers and ministry leaders to pursue accountable relationships, recognise their blind spots, develop the gifts of others and faithfully entrust the gospel to the next generation.
About Danny Ramos
Pastor Danny Ramos has been married to his wife, Wanda, for 51 years. His ministry journey began in the late 1980s as a youth pastor with a focus on discipleship. Looking back over more than three decades of ministry, Danny believes that mentoring those who desire to serve the Lord is both deeply rewarding and an especially fruitful method of ministry.
Danny is currently semi-retired from Maranatha Chapel in San Diego, California, while continuing to teach Bible studies and counsel young couples.
Key Scriptures
2 Timothy 2:1–2
James 3:1
Proverbs 27:17
Resources mentioned
The Other Half of Discipleship: Why We Learn Life-on-Life — Tom Nelson
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-other-half-of-discipleship
Preaching and Preachers — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
https://zondervanacademic.com/products/preaching-and-preachers
Maranatha Chapel
https://www.maranathachapel.org/
Expositors Collective
Expositors Collective equips, encourages and mentors the next generation of Christ-centred preachers through training events, podcast conversations and practical resources for the faithful teaching of God’s Word.
https://expositorscollective.org/
Expositors Collective is part of Calvary Chapel Cooperative, a family of ministries working together to strengthen churches, cultivate healthy leaders and encourage cooperation throughout the Calvary Chapel movement.
https://calvarychapelcooperative.com/
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