Mentoring: A Tool for Ministry

by Henry A. Simon

Overview

Mentoring is a teaching style that is very personal and customized to the individual, resembling the discipleship an apprentice once experienced as he worked next to a craftsman. Mentoring involves the head as well as the heart, character as well as knowledge.

This book will help you, as pastors and leaders in your Christian congregation, use mentoring as a tool for ministry. In these pages, you will learn about various ways of helping others grow into leadership within the church. See how Moses, then already a knowledgeable man, was mentored by Jethro, and later how Moses mentored Joshua. Learn the risks and benefits of mentoring in the lives of Paul and Demas and Luke. This will help you prepare others to serve and grow in their Christian faith and life.

Mentoring can be used in a variety of ways to help Christians become more effective in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ through their words and actions. Share in this journey and learn more about mentoring as a tool for ministry!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780570052807
Publisher:	Concordia Publishing House
Publication date:	03/28/2001
Series:	Christian Leadership Ser.
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	5
1.	Mentoring: Why and How	9
2.	Mentoring to Share Experience: Jethro and Moses	18
3.	Mentoring to Prepare for Leadership: Moses and Joshua	26
4.	Mentoring to Grow in Faith: Priscilla and Aquila and Apollos	35
5.	Mentoring to Introduce a Newcomer: Barnabas and Paul	45
6.	Mentoring to Prepare for Serving: Paul and Timothy	55
7.	Risks and Benefits of Mentoring: Demas and Luke	64
8.	Mentoring When It Gets Bumpy: Paul and John Mark	74
9.	Using Mentoring in the Congregation	85
	Notes	91
	References Cited	93
	Additional Resources	95