What is Mentoring?
"Mentoring is more than an authentic friendship. It is a relationship in which the mentor is willing to invest in the mentoree by empowering them with stories, wisdom, and advice on the subject. Empowerment can include new habits, knowledge, skills, desires, values, and connections to resources for growth and development of potential. Through this empowerment, the mentoree is filled with confidence, perspective, and practical tools that help develop them in their walk with Christ, character, leadership development, and more. In mentoring, the mentor is the expert in a subject from which the mentoree desires to glean. Mentoring is defined as, "the process of depositing or pouring into the participant new information, advice, guidance, and wisdom that can lead to greater understanding or insight.""
How it works
You choose the topic for every session, and we’ll ask questions to guide our conversation and offer encouragement, support, and advice. We offer mentoring in single sessions and four and eight-session plans.
We aim to be flexible with your needs and make mentoring for life and leadership health affordable for everyone.
Biblical Foundations for Mentoring
"Throughout human history, mentoring has been the primary means of passing on knowledge and skills in every field." Throughout the Word of God, we can find strong mentoring examples. "From an Old Testament perspective, we see mentoring in Eli and Samuel, Elijah and Elisha, and Moses and Joshua." In these examples, we see the older pouring into the younger, equipping them to continue in the work of God. There was an obvious transference of power and authority within these relationships. The empowerment released in these young leaders' lives allowed them to stand confident to fulfill their God-given call.
In the New Testament, we see Barnabas taking time to pour into Saul, who later becomes Paul. While many feared Paul, Barnabas saw his potential and took time to pour into him. "Through mentoring, Barnabas gave Paul the freedom to emerge as a leader, risking his reputation to sponsor him." The fruit of Paul's ministry is mainly because Barnabas chose to mentor him. Paul pays it forward, becoming a mentor to many, including Timothy, Silas, Priscilla, and Aquilla. Furthermore, as believers in Christ, the second chapter of Titus admonishes us to mentor. The men and women are exhorted to lead by example and teach those younger than them how to live.
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Clinton, J. R., & Stanley, P. D. (1992). Connecting: The mentoring relationships you need to succeed in life [e-book]. NavPress.
Bringas, K. (2019). Mentoring and coaching as a strategy for empowering millennials [Doctoral dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary]. Doctor of ministry projects. https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/dmin/385