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Developing a Mentoring Culture in your Church

By Glenda Holbrook

This is one of the topics we will be discussing at our Forum beginning May 7th in Tasmania.  If you haven’t registered for the Forum yet, it’s not too late and we’d love to see you there.  Just go to the information and registration sections of this site.

We began the journey of developing a mentoring culture in our church about two years ago. Along the way we have learned much – and still have much to learn.  In this first of four articles we’ll look at WHY DEVELOPING A MENTORING CULTURE IN OUR CHURCHES is so important.

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Biblical Foundations for Mentoring – ‘nouthetein’

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From The Mentor Exchange

One of the Biblical terms that shapes the expression of mentoring today is ‘nouthetein’ – the verb meaning ‘instruction’ or ‘edification’.  It is used by Paul through his letters to encourage believers to respond to and to exercise pastoral teaching or spiritual guidance with one another.  The background of the term is important.  The context of its use is in family, household or close friendship environments where there is a relationship of trust, responsibility and particularly mutuality.  It has the implication of ‘honest and earnest but gentle admonition among friends’.  The contextual basis for nouthetein’ is always a caring committed covenant relationship with the other.

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