Mentoring To Titus The Apostle

Edward L. Smither, a gifted writer and scholar in historical theology and intercultural studies, and professor at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, has given the present-day pastor a useful tool to aid in the area of mentoring in Augustine as Mentor. He authored this book with the intentions of helping other spiritual leaders in the area of mentoring. Whether it is mentoring others or having a mentor for themselves, there are pastors and other spiritual leaders today that are spiritually lonely in their walk with Christ, and this book is meant to be a motivational tool to prompt positive actions from these types of spiritual leaders. It is a popular believe that no man is an island. In his book, Smither builds upon this idea by talking about the ways that Augustine used mentoring to help him become more mature in Christ, as well as to help support those whom he mentored. According to Smither, there are many spiritual leaders who “are struggling in isolation without a pastor to nurture their souls” (p. v). This is more common in western societies and Smither mentions that “unless they encounter a radical change, [these leaders] will not finish the race” (p. v). The purpose of this book review is to study and analyze Augustine’s model of mentoring and discuss how it can be applied to pastoring today.

Mentors should reflect confidence, hope, optimism, and resiliency as well as the ability to promote others and their strengths. This sounds uncannily like the descriptions of an authentic leader that we have been reading about in our literature.

Over time, organizations have adapted and refined the way that mentoring is used in their companies. For example, mentors now help the person to solve problems, navigate through the culture at a company and even advance their career. This, in turn, will create a person that is ready to lead and manage.

What does a mentor do? It gives advice. The mythological archetype is the I picked was mentor. Mythological is imaginary and fictitious, and archetype is the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied. In the novel Tangerine, Luis is the mentor in three ways.

A mentor is an experienced and trusted advisor, and as such, mentors guide people to help them make the right decisions and to have stability in their lives. When people are hurt, mentors are there for them at the hardest of times to guide them out of that place. Most mentors are parents, although they do not have to be. In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, one main mentor of Telemachus, the son of the protagonist, is Athena. Athena

Of all the mentors, by far the most well known and possibly most misinterpreted and misunderstood is Jesus, “son of God”, “Savior of the world”. Jesus helped those who were “less than” such as the weak, sick, poor, and persecuted. He ministered to the people about forgiveness and salvation. In the end, it was his bloodshed that allows us to ultimately gain access to

An example of this is evident is The Odyssey, when Athena, one of Odysseus’s strongest supporters among the court of gods, takes it upon herself to guide Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, to sail and look for his father. Here, Athena literally introduces herself to Telemachus as ‘Mentor,’ and it is believed that this is where the term came from. She guided and convinced Telemachus to take a

In the text, Paul is seen as a very wise man, he was a man who was called to lead men, and whose counsel was taken seriously because he knew what he was doing. Paul started out as a leader on board a ship when he was a prisoner. When a crisis emerged on the ship, he stepped up and helped to give directions. Even as a prisoner who was on his way to his trial in Rome with Caesar,

God’s primary way of developing leaders was through mentoring. The most positive and effective technique to prepare people for life and leadership is through mentoring. As Christians, we are charged to “help the weak and encourage the timid” and to “serve and care for the flock.” A task impossible for church leaders to personally mentor so they assist prospective mentees in finding qualified godly mentors, as

A mentor is a guide or teacher that makes a decision or action that makes the hero go through the journey, which

Mentoring for the mentor is about challenging himself to perform to greater capabilities while nurturing a mentee and stretching them to realise their full potential. Mentors counsel, tutor and guide their mentees in developing themselves.

Paul wrote letters to churches and went on long, dangerous journeys in order to share the Word. Humbly serving the Lord, no matter what the cost, he became a disciple who made disciples. His personal, deep relationship with Timothy reveals the kind of atmosphere and level of commitment required in discipleship. The discipleship model Paul follows allows for a personally invested relationship between any amount of gathered people whether it be an entire church congregation, a small group, or

There are many people in scripture that God has placed in leadership roles. Jesus himself, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart. Leaders establish a model of the way others should be treated and how goals should be pursued, with standards and examples of what others should follow by exemplifying God’s example. Christian leaders inspire a shared vision to make a difference

In the book of Titus, Paul addresses Titus on how to carry out the task of choosing church leaders. Paul wrote to him so as to challenge him in the way he ought to go. He did this as he was almost leaving Titus behind to go on with the work of God. Titus was to be left with the duty of finishing the work that was pending in Crete. He was charged with the task of appointing leaders for the churches in every town by laying down particular qualifications for the local church leaders[10]. According to the qualifications, it is apparent that the character of a leader matters a lot. The qualifications are divided into

With the development of the more organic and less formal organisational structures the role of mentors has shifted with these changes. Unlike previously where mentors where seen as formal trainers who taught newcomers the processes and got them acquainted with the cultures and the systems within the organisation. Which required good interpersonal skills and a good knowledge of the activity or tasks the mentee would have to undertake, and be able to effectively relay or demonstrate the tasks or activities to the mentee. As opposed to more recently where a mentor would have to be more of an emotional counselor and demonstrate more skills than were traditionally required from