The mentoring church :

Newton, Phil A.

The mentoring church : how pastors and congregations cultivate leaders / Phil A. Newton. - Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, c2017. - 230 pages : 23 cm

Foreword --
Introduction: Sixteen, called, and clueless --
Abbreviations --
Healthy churches need healthy leaders --
Jesus on mentoring --
Mentoring communities --
Paul as mentor --
Magisterial mentoring: 16th century --
Modeling ministry: 17th & 18th centuries --
Training communities: 19th & 20th centuries --
A theological rationale: the church in God's economy --
Leaders shaping leaders --
Models: Ecclesiology boot camp --
Models: a sending church --
Models: face-to-face --
Models: church and academy in partnership --
A template for training leaders --
Conclusion: now it's your turn --
Appendix: Suggested books for pastoral training --
Selected bibliography --
Scripture index --
Subject index.


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Mentoring in church work.
Christian leadership.
Leadership--Christianity.--Religious aspects

BV4408.5 / .N49 2017