The Mentoring Church: How Pastors and Congregations Cultivate Leaders

Synopsis

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. Phil A. Newton. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 201-218) And Indexes.