TY - BOOK AU - Newton, Phil A. TI - The mentoring church : : how pastors and congregations cultivate leaders SN - 9780825444647 AV - BV4408.5 .N49 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Kregel Publications KW - Mentoring in church work KW - Christian leadership KW - Leadership KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - 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 ER -