The Core-TEAM

Director of the Center

BSB (BA)

Coram Deo

Family

Marius has been working in biblical counseling since 2016. In 2019, he completed a degree in theology at Bonn Biblical Seminary with a focus on biblical counseling. Since then, he has been teaching at the Institute for Biblical Pastoral Care ‘Coram Deo’ and is accompanying students as a mentor. He has a burning heart for biblical counseling and, together with Vitali K., founded the Coram Deo Publishing House to promote the distribution of biblical resources for pastoral care. Marius is married to Steffi and they have 3 children.

ZwischenZeit - Project Management

Ingrid has been involved in biblical counseling and discipleship for more than 20 years. She has an M.A. and a Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Counseling and is a Certified Biblical Counselor through ACBC. Ingrid has experience in church ministry, academia, and missions. Ingrid and her husband Russell married in 1995, raised four children on the mission field, and now enjoy being grandparents. Together they have worked for the International Mission Board (SBC) in Austria, Ukraine and Germany. Ingrid and Russell serve as instructors at Bonn Bible Seminary. Ingrid is the author of the book “Auf Nie Mehr Wiedersehen”. 

Assistant to Core Team

BSB

Coram Deo

Family

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Paul came to faith in late 2019 and quickly discovered his passion: to walk alongside and encourage people through God’s Word. He was particularly moved by Luke 22:32, where Jesus says to Peter: “… but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” This verse became a personal call to ministry for Paul.

After completing his three-year Bible school education with a focus on biblical counseling, he has been serving as a ministry intern at Coram Deo since 2024. In his counseling ministry, he regularly meets with those seeking counsel and also supports the team with administrative tasks.

Starting in September 2026, Paul will be employed full-time with us and will focus more on communications, organization, and soul care ministry.

Paul is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Bonn Bible Seminary, which he is expected to complete in 2027.

He is also actively involved in his church—particularly in men’s ministry, where he has a special heart for soul care.

Paul is married to Maggy, and together they have two young daughters.

Supervision

Pastor

ThM SWBTS

BSB Teacher

Coram Deo Germany Founder

Jakob converted to Jesus as a teenager in the Soviet Union and has lived in Germany since he was 15. He loves Jesus and His church. For four decades he focused on teen and youth ministry and was also pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Cologne for 33 years. 1984-1989 he completed his theological studies at the FTA in Giessen and taught various subjects in systematic and practical theology at the Bibelseminar Bonn. In 2009-2010, he completed a ThM in Biblical Counseling at SWBTS (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) in Fort Worth, TX. Immediately following, he completed the three-year counseling training program of the International Institute for Biblical Counseling “Coram Deo”. In 2014, he founded the German Institute for Biblical Counseling “Coram Deo” at BSB (Bibelseminar Bonn), which he now heads with a team of five. The institute currently has 48 employees (teachers and mentors) and over 300 students, who are educated and trained in cohorts. He is also involved in the NBS (Network of Biblical Seelsorge/Counseling). Teaching pastoral care, supporting and training biblical counselor and doing pastoral care himself - that is part of his everyday life. Jakob Görzen is married to Nelly. They have four children, two children-in-law and three granddaughters.