Gordon MacDonald remembers the moment he caught a vision for mentoring leaders: "I visited the United States Military Academy as a speaker in cadet chapel. Their mission is 'to educate, train, and inspire' leaders for the U.S. Army. It got me wondering: what is the equivalent in the church where I pastor? The truth was that we weren't doing that."
Along with his wife, Gail, Gordon began a group called ...
Dave Roadcup invited six seniors at Ozark Bible College to join him in a yearlong discipleship endeavor. That was in 1978. I was one of the six. His classroom was everyday life. Dave, his wife, and their children made sure the door to their home was always open. Best of all, Dave took us with him—just him. He would say to one of us, "Let's grab a Coke and catch up!"
Some Christians never gain confidence in their own thoughts. They always need a strong teacher to clarify and give them truth. No one has helped them become confident enough to stand on their own.
They need to discover the kind of teacher who lives out the Hebrew word for teacher, morah. It comes from the same root as torah, "the way." A morah is one who teaches by pointing out the way. That's the ...
Each mentoring situation is unique, but there are several things that have helped me consistently develop meaningful relationships with those I mentor.
Create encounters. I can't be a mentor unless I have contact with people. I deliberately become a part of small groups so that I might meet people whom I can mentor. I watch for people who make the effort to reach out to me. Often, those encounters ...
The Heart of a Mentor This leader didn’t have the personality of a mentor, but he made up for it in passion and commitment. Chris Armstrong
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How did an awkward loner raise up a generation of passionate ministers who changed a nation?
"Proud, imperious, fiery-tempered; a solitary individual, eager for friendship, whom others avoided because of his conceits, eccentricities, and barbed words." This is how Charles Simeon's biographer describes the great minister and mentor. Yet during his lifetime (1759–1836), he did more than any other ...
Creating a Lasting Influence How these senior leaders are creating a legacy by identifying and training new leaders. Stuart Briscoe and Bob Russell
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All church leaders, especially pastors, face the issue of raising up leaders within the congregation to enable long-term ministry vitality. Leadership editors Marshall Shelley and Eric Reed met with two pastors, Stuart Briscoe and Bob Russell, who successfully mentored their replacements.
Who tends to get overlooked in the search for leaders?
Briscoe: Young people. Leaders don't have to be gray-haired. ...
A mentor is "a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction," according to The Uncommon Individual Foundation, an organization devoted to mentoring research and training. But what does a mentor actually do? Let's explore the responsibilities:
Set the tone. Once contact is made between mentor and pupil, it is up to the mentor to create an environment in which trust blossoms. One ...
Discipleship. Mentoring. Coaching. Each of these has particular distinctive traits. In this article, Chad Hall explains what coaching brings to the table. When you're mentoring and don't know what comes next, consider trying out the skills of a coach.
There is a lot of talk today about life being a journey rather than a destination. Many leaders have abandoned the notion that one ever "arrives." This ...
Making a Good Match A recipe for strong and healthy mentoring relationships. Fred Smith
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Mentoring is a one-on-one relationship between a mentor and pupil for the specific and definable development of a skill or an art. The study of mentoring can be organized, but the application cannot. Effective mentoring has no set formula. It's a living relationship and progresses in fits and starts.
It is not difficult to make a list of desired characteristics in a mentor. However, like characteristics ...
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