Who We Are
We develop leaders through mentoring, with one mentor per person, meetings every two weeks and cycles that have a beginning and an end. What holds the method together is Christ-centered leadership.
Our Mission and Vision
Two principles decide what we do and what we turn down.
Why We Exist
We develop well-prepared, confident leaders who thrive in their God-given purpose through deeply relational and personalized mentoring, supported by practical resources.
Where We’re Going
We want to see a world with healthy, equipped, Christ-centered leaders who inspire transformative change for God’s Kingdom in their communities and beyond.
Why We Exist
The data reveal a quiet crisis in Brazilian pastoral leadership. This is why Lead by the Name was created.
An integrative review of nine Brazilian studies (2009 to 2021) identified loneliness among the work-related factors of pastoral burnout and listed institutional support in the form of mentoring among the effective preventive measures (Santiago et al., Diálogos, 2024).
And a study with pastors of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil found overload, self-demand, guilt, and thoughts of leaving the ministry more frequently among those who work alone (Marques, Nakano, and Vasconcellos, UNASP, 2018). Working alone is not merely more uncomfortable; it is statistically more dangerous.
Do you identify with any of these feelings?
Regardless of season or level of leadership, many leaders quietly live with these realities.
Loneliness, frustration, and the feeling of being stuck
A lack of clarity about your role, vision, or process in ministry or business
Leadership resources that don’t meet real, personal needs
Vulnerability is risky, especially for those who’ve always been the steady support for others
I was trained to invest in others. Personal development often feels like a luxury, not a necessity
The price leaders pay in silence
The cost of leadership is deep and multifaceted. It affects every dimension of a leader’s life.
It’s costing intimacy with Christ. Many lead from burnout, not overflow.
It’s costing peace. Many live with anxiety, self-criticism, or guilt, knowing they’ve drifted from the kind of leader they were called to be.
It’s costing trust. Superficial leadership erodes bonds with teams, with families, with congregations.
It’s costing impact. When leaders operate out of alignment, the God-given vision stalls. Ministries stay busy, but ineffective.
This is why Lead by the Name exists so that no leader goes through this alone.
Get to Know Our Approach →What Sets Us Apart
A Lead mentor accompanies no more than three people at a time. Meetings are one-to-one, every two weeks, and each cycle ends with a written assessment signed by mentor and mentee.
Dependent on Christ, Not Just Christian
While many organizations focus on "being like Christ," LBTN emphasizes living by Christ. The emphasis is on spiritual dependence, not on performance or imitation. Leadership is not a technique to master, but a life to be surrendered.
Personalized, Others-Centered Relationships
Instead of one-size-fits-all programs, we take a deeply relational, others-centered approach. Each mentoring relationship is unique, built with attention to real needs, life context, and each leader’s specific purpose.
Authenticity Over Celebrity
LBTN is an antidote to celebrity-driven leadership. The marks we look for in a leader are integrity and spiritual health, not the size of a platform or a follower count.
Legacy and Multiplication Focus
By investing in a few, we impact many. The leadership that develops other leaders knows the name of every one of them.
The architecture has three articulated layers
Most mentoring models describe the process and ignore who carries it out, or describe the desired profile and ignore the path. LBTN articulates all three layers, which are method (ELLF Journey), structure (THRIV Framework), and profile (MENTORS competencies).
Remove any one of them and mentoring falls ill. Method without profile produces technique without character; profile without structure produces goodwill without consistency; structure without method produces bureaucracy without relationship.
This foundation is born of Scripture. Mark 3:14 reminds us that Jesus called the Twelve to be with him before sending them out, because communion grounds mission. Our certification follows the same principle, assessing three pillars in every mentor, which are knowing (training), doing (real supervised practice), and being (character and Christ-centered values).
Our cycles are auditable
Every mentoring relationship produces verifiable deliverables, which are the mentee profile, a mentoring plan signed by both, session records, and a final assessment. Good intentions cannot be verified; documents can. It is this verifiability that allows the method to be institutionalized and scaled without diluting its depth.
What Matters to Us
Four values guide what we do.
Personalization
Each mentoring relationship is shaped around the mentee’s ministry context and goals. There are no templates, only people.
Relationship Building
We believe in cultivating trust, open communication, and mutual respect to create a safe space for authentic, lasting growth.
Empowerment
Our goal is to equip leaders to stand firm when circumstances get hard.
Development
Leadership is a long walk. We walk it alongside the leader, with resources and with accountability in the right measure.
Every gift helps ensure that our leaders are not alone on this journey.
Your contribution sustains Relational Mentoring, equips mentors, and multiplies the impact of God’s Kingdom. Choose how you want to support the mission.
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