I am often asked what is the difference between mentoring and coaching and, as a church planter, we need to know about these terms. To be specific, leaders disciple new believers to help them lay a foundation. Ministers and Pastors mentor emerging leaders thus helping them with ministry formation. Coaches coach Ministry Practitioners (such as Ministers and Pastors), helping them bear fruit. In this case Church Planters greatly benefit from a coach, someone who has been where they are now.
If you are a church planter you may be moving from being an emerging leader to that of a Ministry Practitioner. In a lot of cases Ministry Practitioners launch out to plant new churches. They have many pastoral and administrative gifts but they soon find that Church Planting is very, very different from the type of ministry that they are used to. It has long been the practice of church planters to seek out other church planters so that they will be able to gain new perspective into what they are involved in.
Mentoring is an intentional, long-term relationship in which one person imparts experience, knowledge, and insight
in order to develop the capacity and skills of the other person.
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Authors Paul Stanley and J. Robert Clinton describe mentoring as “a relational experience in which one person empowers another
by sharing God-given resources.”
Mentoring is a relational process in which a mentor, who knows or has experienced something, transfers that something (resources of wisdom, information, experience, confidence, insight, relationships, status, etc.) to a mentoree, at an appropriate time and manner, so that it facilitates development or empowerment (1992:40).
THE KEY CONCEPTS
1. Mentoring is a relational process.
2. The mentor has experience to share.
3. Something is transferred.
4. The mentor facilitates development.
5. The mentor empowers.
The mentee (in this case the church planter), is also an adult learner. As an adult learner he or she has specific roles to play which are different from those of a protégé (a protected one) or a child who needs to be spoon-fed.
“The essence of an effective relationship is now led by the mentee rather than the mentor.” In other words, the word mentee itself
implies a different way of looking at the mentoring process and the mentoring relationship. The mentee is not a passive participant
in this process, but rather an active one. The mentee is “someone who makes an effort to assess, internalize and use effectively the
knowledge, skills, insights, perspectives or wisdom offered...who seeks out such help and uses it appropriately for developmental
purposes wherever needed.” The mentee is not a clone of someone else; rather he or she is an individual who is helped along the way in order to develop his or her own uniqueness.
1. The mentee is an active adult learner who recognizes a need for additional insight and counsel in developing ministerial skills and knowledge.
2. The mentee is “an adult learner who has consciously undertaken a developmental journey.”
3. The mentee is an active rather than a passive participant in this process.
4. The mentee makes the effort to assess, internalize, and use effectively the knowledge, skills, insights, perspectives, or wisdom offered.
5. The mentee seeks out help and uses it appropriately for developmental purposes wherever needed.
6. The mentee is an individual who is helped along the way in order to develop his or her own uniqueness.
7. An effective mentoring relationship is led by the mentee rather than the mentor.
Many stories in Scripture demonstrate the mentoring process, as God’s plans are accomplished by humans led and empowered by the Holy Spirit. One generation serves another. Father teaches son his knowledge of God to create a godly heritage. A leader schools his successor in the ways of God and leadership. The stories are too many to be contained here, so we will focus on three relationships between mentor and mentee that serve to illustrate the biblical foundation for mentoring.
Key elements of the definition of mentoring:
(1) mentoring is a relational process;
(2) the mentor has experienceto share;
(3) something is transferred;
(4) the mentor facilitates development; and
(5) the mentor empowers.
Dont Forget! We have a Healthy Church Plant Seminar coming up in April 4, 11, 18 & 25). It is free for you and your team.
Call Dr. Aaron Kerr at 416 805 5850 or
Email The Church Planter at [email protected] or
Visit our site page at http://www.gilgalchristiancommunity.org/church-planting.html
If you are a church planter you may be moving from being an emerging leader to that of a Ministry Practitioner. In a lot of cases Ministry Practitioners launch out to plant new churches. They have many pastoral and administrative gifts but they soon find that Church Planting is very, very different from the type of ministry that they are used to. It has long been the practice of church planters to seek out other church planters so that they will be able to gain new perspective into what they are involved in.
Mentoring is an intentional, long-term relationship in which one person imparts experience, knowledge, and insight
in order to develop the capacity and skills of the other person.
.
Authors Paul Stanley and J. Robert Clinton describe mentoring as “a relational experience in which one person empowers another
by sharing God-given resources.”
Mentoring is a relational process in which a mentor, who knows or has experienced something, transfers that something (resources of wisdom, information, experience, confidence, insight, relationships, status, etc.) to a mentoree, at an appropriate time and manner, so that it facilitates development or empowerment (1992:40).
THE KEY CONCEPTS
1. Mentoring is a relational process.
2. The mentor has experience to share.
3. Something is transferred.
4. The mentor facilitates development.
5. The mentor empowers.
The mentee (in this case the church planter), is also an adult learner. As an adult learner he or she has specific roles to play which are different from those of a protégé (a protected one) or a child who needs to be spoon-fed.
“The essence of an effective relationship is now led by the mentee rather than the mentor.” In other words, the word mentee itself
implies a different way of looking at the mentoring process and the mentoring relationship. The mentee is not a passive participant
in this process, but rather an active one. The mentee is “someone who makes an effort to assess, internalize and use effectively the
knowledge, skills, insights, perspectives or wisdom offered...who seeks out such help and uses it appropriately for developmental
purposes wherever needed.” The mentee is not a clone of someone else; rather he or she is an individual who is helped along the way in order to develop his or her own uniqueness.
1. The mentee is an active adult learner who recognizes a need for additional insight and counsel in developing ministerial skills and knowledge.
2. The mentee is “an adult learner who has consciously undertaken a developmental journey.”
3. The mentee is an active rather than a passive participant in this process.
4. The mentee makes the effort to assess, internalize, and use effectively the knowledge, skills, insights, perspectives, or wisdom offered.
5. The mentee seeks out help and uses it appropriately for developmental purposes wherever needed.
6. The mentee is an individual who is helped along the way in order to develop his or her own uniqueness.
7. An effective mentoring relationship is led by the mentee rather than the mentor.
Many stories in Scripture demonstrate the mentoring process, as God’s plans are accomplished by humans led and empowered by the Holy Spirit. One generation serves another. Father teaches son his knowledge of God to create a godly heritage. A leader schools his successor in the ways of God and leadership. The stories are too many to be contained here, so we will focus on three relationships between mentor and mentee that serve to illustrate the biblical foundation for mentoring.
Key elements of the definition of mentoring:
(1) mentoring is a relational process;
(2) the mentor has experienceto share;
(3) something is transferred;
(4) the mentor facilitates development; and
(5) the mentor empowers.
Dont Forget! We have a Healthy Church Plant Seminar coming up in April 4, 11, 18 & 25). It is free for you and your team.
Call Dr. Aaron Kerr at 416 805 5850 or
Email The Church Planter at [email protected] or
Visit our site page at http://www.gilgalchristiancommunity.org/church-planting.html