The Mentoring Church How Pastors and Congregations Cultivate Leaders

The critical missing element in Christian mentoring today: the congregation. Young, emerging leaders of the church, many of whom have gone through leadership training and traditional mentorship programs, still too often find themselves unprepared for the realities of ministry. Many leave the ministry altogether, overwhelmed. Phil Newton reveals a critical gap: single-source mentorship is incomplete. Mentoring must involve the congregation, not just senior pastors, in order to bring forth mature, resilient leaders prepared for all that ministry entails. The solid, practical solutions in The Mentoring Church offer churches of any size both the vision for mentoring future leaders and a workable template to follow. With insightful consideration of theological, historical, and contemporary training models for pastor/church partnerships, Newton is a reliable guide to developing a church culture that equips fully prepared leaders.

Publisher: Kregel
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780825444647

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Phil A. Newton (D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary) is a senior pastor at South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., where he has been since 1987. In ministry for more than thirty years, he also has served as an adjunct professor at several schools, a

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“Phil Newton loves the Church of Jesus Christ and is passionate about its spiritual health and growth. It is this passion that drives this book about the making, mentoring, and maturing of godly and effective leaders in Christ's church for His glory.” Liam Goligher, senior minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia