[Pastor Ralph]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

[pickledilly]

Just like Paul, pastors and church leaders will one day pass from the scene. It is critical to develop and execute a strategy of mentoring trustworthy and mature people who will extend the outreach of the gospel further and longer than could be possible for them to do on their own. Administration and programs are valuable, even important. But ultimately, it is the development of people who will carry the ministry of the gospel on into the generation to follow that is most necessary.

[Snaps]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

Frankly the pastors aren't ;going to live forever, an a new generation of teachers and leaders is required. Also, Jesus put His major effort into twelve because twelve could reach further in human terms than one - just Him. We should see, likewise, that more leaders can reach further afield, and we should be trying to establish every possible means to reach people for Christ.

Jesus retreated with his leaders very often. They were always with Him, and always had questions at the end of the day which He patiently answered. He had incredible wisdom from His Father which needed to be transferred to them. This could only happen by their long and deep relationship, because relationship is what it is all about. What they did not learn from Him (About relatinship) they couldn't tech, so He spent his time with them, in relationship.

Time should be generously spent because relationship doesn't develop in a vacuum. Jesus said "by this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you LOVE one another. He was the prime example of that and he taught his men by that example.

[pastornpw]

A pastor can not and should not be expected by congregation or themselves to do everything in the church. A good pastor will mentor and delegate authority to spread the workload. This also empowers the congregation to do the work of the Lord in a more meaningful way than just warming a pew ever could.

[iam4-1god]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

You want to be sure that the program that you have followed in teaching others will be followed to the letter. We must be faithful to the truth, no matter what. We need to make sure that those who are being taught are totally devoted to teaching the manner in which they have been taught and that they will teach the truth. This is of the utmost importance and time is not a factor. As much time as is needed should be spent.

[JanMary]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation?

This is a shared responsibility, not just a pastoral one. And it only takes one generation of not being taught, to lose the message, or for it to become watered down or lost.

How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

Teaching is the main goal Paul is stressing. Administration and programs are important but can be delegated to those who are gifted in administration and are not teaching/mentoring/training the next generation of teachers to be entrusted with the pure Gospel.

[Jen]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

This is the method of passing on the truth that God has implemented. As the leaders pass from this earth new leaders need to arise who have been well taught in the truth and are able to stand up to the challenges of the Christian walk.
Much of their time should be in teaching the truth to younger men (and or women) while others of the family of Christ use their gifts to keep the family strong and vibrant. Everyone has been given a spiritual gift to be used.

God Bless!
Jen
Numbers 6:24-26

[Stan]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?


Because they are to be the helpers,teachers for the people they come in contact with and help the church grow. The teaching and growing of the church is of first importance so most of their time need to be spent teaching but the elders and pastors should have teachers taught to aid them so that they have the time for administration and programs.

[masika]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?
This is important because Jesus left the disciples with these last words of instruction: They were under his authority; they were to make more disciples; they were to baptize and teach these new disciples to obey Christ; Christ would be with them always.
We are to go—whether it is next door or to another country—and make disciples. It is not an option but a command to all who call Jesus “Lord.” We are not all evangelists in the formal sense, but we have all received gifts that we can use to help fulfill the great commission. As we obey, we have comfort in the knowledge that Jesus is always with us.
If the church were to consistently follow this advice, it would expand geometrically as well-taught believers would teach others and commission them, in turn, to teach still others. Disciples need to be equipped to pass on their faith; our work is not done until new believers are able to make disciples of others

[hanks]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2)
Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation?
How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?
I would think it is vital. The integrity of the Word must be protected and spread throughout the congregation and further. It takes time to mentor future teachers and elders, so priority must be given to this task, above any other administrative functions.

[kenny]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2)
Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation?
How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

The most important thing any pastor can do is to have concern for the salvation of all mankind as is his commission given by God.In fulfilling this undertaking he must mentor and train teachers and elders in his congregation fitting of the task and not those who wont carry on the work.
This task should take up the bulk a pastors time and administrative tasks should be delegated to secretaries deacons and helpers

The word must be passed on and taught as it was originally transcribed and not altered to suit our modern ideas and concept.Great care and time is needed in doing this so a pastor needs to manage his time well and know how to delegate.

[JustJeff]

In order to advance the gospel forward and maintain it's integrity it is necessary to always being in a mentoring mode. We do not always know who God will choose for a given post nor who He will gift for that post. So, in everything that we who teach do, we should teach. And, as we lead, let us lead by example.

[charisbarak]

It is very important to mentor the future leaders of the church. It must be a priority, otherwise we will have shallow, ineffective, weak leaders coming up for these most important jobs in our churches.

Everyone needs to be a mentor/to be mentored--teacher to teacher; elder to elder; pastor to pastor. All jobs in the church body need mentors. This should be an ongoing application in the life of the church.

Equally important is discipling new believers, preparing them to use their gifts and the possibility that they could become a leader one day too!!

[Elwood C O'Dell]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation?

If you intend to pass on to future generations “the truth” then one needs to invest time in people who are spiritually capable of learning that truth and then in turn passing it on to others correctly. The best example I know of is how Christ did it with his twelve disciples.

How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

Enough time should be spent with these people so that the adequately grasp the truth and the knowledge of what it is they are to pass on.

[Patriciaa]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

The Gospel needs to be protected from distortion of the Lord's message and also from false teachers. It is important that there be a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders so that the Gospel is taught in a meaningful way and the teachers need to be people who live Godly lives and are respected by others. Both teaching of future leaders and administration and program development are important aspects of teaching the Word. Churches vary in where they are now in these areas and will also vary in how much time to place in each of these areas but it needs to be considered that both areas need to be developed in order to have a healthy Christian Education program.

[spazzo47]

my main ministry interest is church planting. One of the things that attracts me to planting churches is that new chruches typically will approach the teaching in different ways and attract different people. Mentoring allows that to happen. When you have more than one person delivering the message, you get different persepctives from the pulpit. As long as the pastor is sure that the message is sound, then the more people that can deliver it, the more people will be reached. As others have said, there's also a very real need to reproduce so that the next generation will have leaders, but if spreading the gospel is all about relationship, then to me, the important reason is to have people who can connect with different groups.

I ahve a pastor who would love to do nothing but preach on Sunday morning and mentor. That's one of his giftings and because of that, I would probably say he needs to put a lot of his time into mentoring. I think that every pastor should spend at least some time mentoring, but it's also going to vary based on the strengths and giftings of the pastor as well as the challenges at the church. My pastor is at a church that's trying to find a permanent place to meet and has major financial problems. While I think it's important for him to have those mentorship relationships to keep him going, I think the time he spends on that has to be balanced against the time he's required to handle the other stresses of the church as a whole. I worked iwth another pastor who was great at the business end of things, but struggled with connecting to people. He had two people who identified themselves as wanting to go into full time ministry. Half hour to hour long one-on-one meetings was enough for him, though I would have wanted him to have one of those ministry people to try and mentor more people.

[McCollum]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

Commit to teaching to faithful men. Faithful men then have the responsibility of teaching others. This will be the basis for an endless chain of christian discipleship, the teaching of christian teaching among many witnesses. Discipleship may occur in large groups, small groups, or one- on- one encounters.

[sahala p.s.]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

It is important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation because through it the teacher and elders will be made able to teach others that will also be able to teach others. It is an effective effort to multiply Christ’s disciples in the world

Much time should be should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders, that is, more than the time spent in administration and programs, because to make Christ’s disciple the pastors and church leaders have to give much time to teach them through teachings and examples

[servant for Christ]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?

Pastors and church leaders cannot do it all themselves. They will not be around forever. They have to make sure that they have the right people for the job, someone that will teach the true gospel. I think all the time that is needed should be devoted do the teaching.

[smurf1948]

Q1. (2 Timothy 2:2) Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs. the time spent in administration and programs?


You have to teach mentor them so they will be ready to pass the teachings of your church and of God's word. So that they fully understand.

You must spend plenty of time with them because this is the most important thing we have to have to do. We need our future leaders to keep spreading the word to carry on Jesus's work on earth till he returns.