Since I started doing a Ministry Mentoring project in Sri Lanka in connection with my studies, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the importance of Ministry Mentoring. As I have taught seminars in various parts of Sri Lanka and India, a number of seminar participants said that they had already been involved in mentoring activities. Continue reading “Restarting Ministry Mentoring Blog”
Christian Ministry Mentoring Defined
(I am resuming this blog on ministry mentoring after a couple of years. In the meantime I have reworked my original definition as part of the process in writing my doctoral thesis on the subject and present it here. I will be posting excerpts here from my forthcoming book on the subject from time to time and welcome any comments and suggestions.)
Christian ministry mentoring is a formational learning activity in the context of a relationship built on mutual trust by which the mentor guides the spiritual growth and ministry development of the mentee in cooperation with the Holy Spirit along critical growth pathways towards Christian maturity, ministry wisdom and discernment for effective ministry engagement.
Let us look at the different concepts within this definition in more detail. Continue reading “Christian Ministry Mentoring Defined”