Mentor Like Jesus: His Radical Approach to Building the Church

by Regi Campbell

The church needs sold-out, all-in Jesus-followers. Disciples and disciple-makers. But where do you find them? How do you develop them? Look no further than how Jesus did it. The greatest leader and mentor of all time poured into 12 guys for a season. Those lives multiplied to build the church to over two billion who declare their belief in Christ today.

Whether you're looking for a disciple-making system that actually works, or a methodology to develop the next generation of leaders for your church, Mentor Like Jesus will help you understand how it can happen. Learn the power of intentionality when it s a part of authentic community . . . the processes Jesus used and modeled, distilled and activated for the 21st century. Here s a way for more mature believers to find purpose and meaning as they move into the giving back season of life. And a way for the next generation to grow into fully alive, reproducing disciple-makers through Jesus approach to mentoring.

167 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a lot of good ideas and thoughts in this book. Why only 3 stars? Because I believe every Christ follower should be able to Mentor Like Jesus and this book presents one model that does take its form from things Jesus did, but does not really fit all people. It’s written about men mentoring men, and seems to assume those men will be relatively well to do business men. (Someone in the group will almost always have access to a lake or beach house for a retreat?!)

It also makes some narrow suggestions of what we should do on the premise that that’s how Jesus did it, but I am not convinced the assumptions behind what Jesus chose to do are correct. And some things suggested might be fine ideas in certain contexts but are definitely NOT what Jesus did. (Sending vetted mentee candidates a letter from the senior pastor to invite them to consider joining the group? Signing a covenant before beginning?) There might be times and places to do things that way, but don’t put that under the header “Like Jesus did”

This is not a good fit for mentor and mentees to read together. It *is* a worthwhile read for mentors and would-be-mentors and church leaders considering starting a formal mentoring program. It would be *better* if it was written for Christ-followers of all walks of life, male or female, and separated out the “Like Jesus did” from other advice and assumptions.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas and tidbits I pulled out of this book, just wish it was more clear in the summary or as part of the title/tagline that this was written for a man’s mentorship experience to other men.