Olly and Helen Biography
After over 20 years of working with children,, Olly and Helen have seen many children used
powerfully by God. They have seen children in revival worshipping God for an hour at a time,
spending hours in prayer to Him. But it has not stopped there. They have gone on to lead changed
lives in their school, leading their friends to Jesus, praying for the sick and seeing them healed and
even preaching the Gospel to around 100 of their school mates at a time.
Olly and Helen have trained thousands of children's leaders in different nations to
help children reach their full potential in Christ.
Their vision is to help revive children and young people's ministries in the nations,
seeing the next generation of disciples rise up by:
1. Teaching churches the role of children in the body of Christ
2. Modelling children's & youth ministry to leaders
3. Equipping leaders to make disciples.
For Children can do all things through Christ who strengthens them.
(Philippians 4:13)
Web: www.childrencan.co.uk
Email: info@childrencan.co.uk
Olly Goldenberg Short Biography
Olly Goldenberg has been ministering to children in churches and outside of the church for twenty
years.
For fifteen of these years he led one of the largest children’s ministries in Europe, with responsibility
for children aged 0-14. The ministry more than doubled in size under his leadership. He saw a
reversal of the trend of children leaving the church, with many of the children inviting their friends
to be part of the church. Over the years the fruit remained up into the youth ministry and beyond.
Currently he leads a ministry, together with his wife and five children, called ‘Children Can.’ Through
modelling and training leaders they have inspired thousands of leaders from different nations and
denominations to know how to lead children from a head knowledge of God to a passionate
relationship with him. At the heart of their ministry is a passion to see children raised as disciples of
Jesus.
He is the author of ‘The Josiah Generation’ and, ‘Give Me 5’.
Helen Goldenberg Short Biography
Helen Goldenberg has been ministering to children in churches and outside of the church for twenty
years.
For ten of these years she co-led one of the largest children’s ministries in Europe, with
responsibility for children aged 0-14. The ministry more than doubled in size under their leadership.
She has a real heart for womb ministry and seeing children grow into their full potential in Christ,
even from birth to youth.
Currently she leads a ministry, together with her husband and five children, called ‘Children Can.’
Through modelling and training leaders they have inspired thousands of leaders from different
nations and denominations to know how to lead children from a head knowledge of God to a
passionate relationship with him. At the heart of their ministry is a passion to see children raised as
disciples of Jesus.
She is a qualified Nursery Nurse who moved on to minister to all children of all age groups. She is
passionate in the understanding that ‘Children Can do all things that strengthens them.’
Olly Goldenberg Biography
Olly Goldenberg has been ministering to children in churches and outside of the church for twenty
years.
For fifteen of these years he led one of the largest children’s ministries in Europe, with responsibility
for children aged 0-14. The ministry more than doubled in size under his leadership. He saw a
reversal of the trend of children leaving the church, with many of the children inviting their friends
to be part of the church. Over the years the fruit remained up into the youth ministry and beyond.
Under his leadership he developed programmes for a ministry to those in the womb and a “boys to
men” programme. He developed a mission programme for children to go out on mission and has led
a number of different outreach programmes, from schools work to community based living. He has
acted as pastor, counsellor and confidante for many children and so understands children of many
different ages and cultures.
Colin Dye, senior leader of one of the largest churches in the UK and international speaker,
described Olly as the best children’s leader in the UK he knows of and one of the best across the
world.
Olly also oversaw the children’s work in a network of churches across the city of London of varying
sizes. The churches who were impacted by his ministry saw similar signs of growth both in numbers
and in the individual lives of the children under his care.
Currently he leads a ministry, together with his wife, called ‘Children Can’ an itinerant ministry
equipping children’s leaders all over the world and across different denominations to see children
meet with God and be impacted by the Gospel..
Song writer for children and producer of a variety of children’s materials that have been tried and
tested at grass roots level and as a conference speaker, Olly has been equipping leaders to make
disicples in the next generation for well over a decade with proven results in the churches he has
been to.
Olly is the father of five children and the husband of one wife. He is a qualified medical doctor who
left the profession to pursue his call to minister to children.
Helen Goldenberg Long Biography
Helen Goldenberg has had a love for ministering to children for 20 years. Starting off by being on
teams on Scripture Union holiday beach missions to co working with her husband Olly as Children’s
pastors at Kensington Temple for 15 years where she helped develop one of the largest children’s
ministries in Europe, with responsibility for children 0-14. Helen has often been known to work in
the prophetic and has a desire to see Children fully discipled in Christ right from being in the womb
to youth
She has taught 1000’s of children on discipleship leadership schools and led many weekends that
have encouraged and brought children closer to God. She has taken children out on treasure hunting
missions to see many introduced to Christ. She has specialised on Child protection issues as well as
Tweenagers being brought closer to Christ. She also has a heart for people to see that discipleship
begins within the womb.
Currently she leads a ministry, together with her husband, called ‘Children Can’ an itinerant ministry
equipping children’s leaders all over the world and across different denominations to see children
meet with God and be impacted by the Gospel.
Colin Dye, senior leader of one of the largest churches in the UK and International speaker described
Olly and Helen as the best children’s leaders he knows of and one of the best across the world.
Helen is the mother of 5 children and the wife of one husband.
Web: www.childrencan.co.uk
Email: helen@childrencan.co.uk