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Church Forward Multiplication through Mentoring Ted Johnston

Church Forward Multiplication through Mentoring Ted Johnston. The way forward is Jesus’ disciplemaking strategy:. Winning the lost to Christ Building the believers in their love for Christ Equipping the workers to minister with Christ

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Church Forward Multiplication through Mentoring Ted Johnston

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  1. Church ForwardMultiplication through MentoringTed Johnston

  2. The way forward is Jesus’ disciplemaking strategy: • Winning the lost to Christ • Building the believers in their love for Christ • Equipping the workers to minister with Christ • Multiplying the shepherd-leaders who will lead disciplemaking ministry segments and new congregations (church plants) …all for Christ’s glory

  3. To advance his disciplemaking mission, Jesus… • Focused on multiplying shepherd-leaders • Used a ‘life-on-life’ process

  4. How did Jesus develop leaders? • He sought out (recruited) potential leaders (providing access) • He invited them to follow (be with) him • (providing time) • He pointed them to a divine calling to be ‘fishers of men’ (providing vision) • He shared his life with them— equipping some to be leaders in this ‘fishing expedition’ (providing a pathway into leadership)

  5. Jesus continues this multiplication through the church Ephesians 4:11-13: It was he [Christ] who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare [equip] God’s people for works of service [ministry], so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

  6. Will we accept our Lord’s challenge? • Part of sharing in Christ’s fullness is to be active workers in his disciplemaking ministry using the grace-gifts he has given to us through the Holy Spirit. • Lead ministry workers can help other workers develop and deploy their gifts—including the gifts of leadership.

  7. In your group Spend five minutes discussing what leadership development looks like now in your ministry segment or whole congregation. Pray about steps forward.

  8. Jesus and Paul invested their lives in a few key emerging leaders…sharing several refreshingly simple and remarkably profound principles for developing leaders: • In the midst of doing ministry • In pursuit of an earthshaking mission • With a focus on godly character • In the context of a small team • With time for reflection • Over a long period of time • With a greater concern for faithfulness and obedience than for knowledge and skill • (from “The Leadership Baton”)

  9. Leadership multiplication must be intentional • As we focus on building believers and equipping workers, opportunities to multiply leaders will ‘bubble up’ as a bi-product in a ‘life-on-life’ process. • But we must move from accidental addition to intentional multiplication (of leaders, then ministry segments, then congregations).

  10. Intentional multiplication happens through life-on-life mentoring Mentoring is an intentional and sustained life-on-life relationship with defined outcomes It involves a mentor who is an experienced, trusted and available counselor/teacher/coach And a mentee (protégé/apprentice) who is less experienced but open and available to being mentored

  11. Mentoring is a process 3. Deep, familial love Community Leadership Development 2. Friendship Spiritual Maturity – growing in the fullness of Christ Mentoring in Ministry CPR 1. Acquaintance

  12. 15 characteristics of an effective mentor • Love for God and for people. At its core, leadership is influence. Godly influence doesn’t arise from titles; it flows from intimacy with God and with people. • 2. Passion for Jesus’ disciplemaking mission which includes multiplying shepherd leaders.

  13. 3. Credibility (fruit on the tree) 4. The ability to model and instruct 5. The desire to invest in the life of the mentee

  14. A good listener • To God • To the mentee: • “To the Jew I became as a Jew…to the Greek I became as a Greek” • Understand where they are coming from • Listen to their language • Speak their language • Connect

  15. An encourager • 8.Humble • 9. Able and willing to lovingly confront

  16. Able to create an environment where the mentee can apply what is being learned • 11. Able to serve as an advisor • 12. Willing to be accountable: • To the Holy Spirit • To the mission • To the mentor’s supervisor • To the mentee

  17. Able to keep confidences • Willingness to be available • Commitment to point to Jesus…not self

  18. 7 characteristics of a receptive mentee (protégé/apprentice) • Faithful • Available • Teachable • Enthusiastic • Accountable • Willing to sacrifice • Spiritually aware

  19. 4 characteristics of an effective mentoring relationship • Bathed in prayer • About a relationship, not a program • Planned, yet spontaneous (‘chaortic’) • Focused on helping the mentee identify and then bridge competency gaps in: *knowledge *skills *behaviors

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