In September 2025, I became a full-time doctoral researcher at the Department of Theology and Catechetics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica — with a university scholarship. My dissertation maps the main stress factors in the ministry of pastors of the four evangelical denominations in Slovakia and forms the empirical foundation of the future care platform.

The research is now in full swing. In Phase 1, I conducted focus groups with 37 pastors across all four denominations. Phase 2 — in-depth interviews with approximately 125 active pastors, their spouses, retired pastors, and those who have left ministry — is underway across six regional bases from Bratislava to Košice.

1. Meeting people

responsible for care of church pastors in individual churches

2. Joint meetings

of those who develop care and support for church pastors in individual churches

3. Research among church pastors

focus groups with 37 pastors completed; in-depth interviews with ~125 pastors, spouses, and retired pastors underway.

In February 2024 I began the accredited training programme "Supervision in the Helping Professions" (ASSP). I completed it in May 2026.

The work of a pastor is a combination of helping, teaching, and management activities — and supervision is already standard practice in all of these fields. I am convinced it is one of the most valuable tools I can offer pastors: a confidential, structured space to reflect on their ministry, name what is draining them, and find a way forward. I already offer supervision to pastors and ministry teams today.

In December 2025 I became a certified Gallup Strengths coach. The CliftonStrengths® assessment is one of the most thoroughly validated personality tools in the world, and for pastors — who are constantly expected to be competent in every role — it is profoundly liberating: it gives them permission to focus on what they were made for, and to let others carry what they were not.

I offer individual Gallup Strengths coaching and team workshops for church leadership teams.