Authentic Spiritual Mentoring Summary

Authentic Spiritual Mentoring Book Report

Throughout life we all make perceptions and have outlooks on how things should be. The issue is that we make these without understanding and completely seeing the overall details about the subject. After reading the book “Authentic Spiritual Mentoring,” by Larry Kreider I have come to the conclusion that the subject of mentoring has the tendency to fall into that category. Discipleship programs are present in the church, but unfortunately I do not think that many churches look at spiritual mentoring quite in the same way as proposed in the book. I feel that the church now more than ever has a crucial need for spiritually mature men and women to mentor younger believers. In order for these younger
The term, “legacy” is used sometimes to describe a prideful situation, but as a Christian we know that pride can be laid aside to allow for its full meaning to arise. Most of all we must make sure that we are leaving a spiritual legacy for others that God would be proud of. One never knows what life is being touched and affected with our daily actions. Whether we are in a mentoring relationship or simply walking in our front yard our actions are being surveyed. In the same light, a Christian also never knows the full impact we can have upon someone else. A simple Gospel tract can lead to many people being saved. In fact, it can even lead to someone other than the original recipient of the tract being saved because they came in contact with it along the way. The process in which the Lord can work is simply amazing and we must always be cognizant of this fact. New believers can be brought to the knowledge of Christ and multiply into thousands by bringing the Gospel to just one person. The harvest in plentiful and as Christians we must remain aware of this fact and lead as many to Christ as
The use of the cell group multiplication method in the process of growing churches and people in the faith uses this same spiritual mentoring as its foundation. A five step process that adheres to the spiritual mentoring format includes the grassroots mentors, local church mentors, apostolic mentors, regional mentors and five-fold mentors. Using this five step mentoring method the DOVE Christian Fellowship International has grown to serve the Lord throughout the world. No matter if we are in a leadership role or not we have all been called into a role of spiritual mentorship and it is our responsibility to obey this