Pastor Ralph Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickledilly Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastornpw Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iam4-1god Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanMary Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masika Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanks Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJeff Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisbarak Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood C O'Dell Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriciaa Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzo47 Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCollum Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahala p.s. Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servant for Christ Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf1948 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda bass Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 It is important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation because we need to make sure future generations are able to take the gospel to others. The majority of time needs to be devoted to teaching future leaders and only a small percentage of time spent in administration and church programs. Sadly,in many churches today, the opposite is often the case. Way too much time is given to investing in church programs in order to increase attendance numbers. While the teaching and training of future church leaders is given little time to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerraw20 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 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? To multiply what can get done, both now and in future generations. A stategy will help recognize who is ready to invest valuable time into. It seems to me that Jesus invested most of his time in teaching. I don't know of any programs that Jesus started, someone tell me if He did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhodes Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Why is it important for pastors and church leaders to execute a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation? Until the 2nd coming of Christ, there will be a future generation(s) after us who are living today. If someone from that/those generation is not taught to carry out the gospel message, hell will enlarge itself. It is imperative that the next generation is taught to perpetuate the message of Jesus as Lord and Savior. If any church is not executing a stategy of mentoring teachers and elders in it's congregation, it will rapidly come to a hault in growth. Where there is no growth death is usually the alternative. Paul understood this and carried out this mission very well. How much time should be devoted to this teaching of future leaders vs the time spent in administation and programs? Far more time must be spent teaching future leaders vs time spent in admin. and programs. As much time as it takes to watch a person ,invoking the validity of his witness, is neccessary. Paul taught Timothy and Titus, a person should have no bad reports about him when he takes certain offices. Jesus ministered among His disciples for a while before He asked them "who do you say I am". I believe He waited to ask this question so His disciples could see Him in action. I always say you can learn who a person is by what he does more than you can by what he says. Jesus exemplified what God expects of us and did by His actions. Nicodemus discribed His works as "miracles". Only one sent from God can perform miracles. Future leaders must be proven and chosen based on what one sees him doing. One can only develop Godly character through Godly wisdom and this will only come from proper teaching. Proper teaching requires proper timing. Proper timing does not come over night. Spend more time in the person not in the office. Let God arise, Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soomee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Future generation should be taught the unadulterated truth about God. Satan is so powerful to destroy any such effort. Therefore Pastors and church leaders should take this passing on the knowledge very seriously. Satan can come in any form to deceive by diverting their attention towards other duties and programs in the church. If the pastors are constantly in tough with God and such a passion is there in their heart then according the need of the church God will lead them in prioritising their time among various duties they need to perform. I am sure the highest priority should be given to the teaching and mentoring of the future generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrstoler Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 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 the pastors and church leaders to have a strategy of mentoring teachers and elders in a congregation so that those people will be well equipped with the right teaching of the gospel of Christ Jesus. The elders and teachers will also have the confidence to teach boldly for Christ. Then congregation will be secure in knowing that they are being taught the true word of God because they will be taught how to research the bible for themselves. There should be enough time allowed for each individual to learn at his or her own pace being texted from time to time to measure their progress and when the time is right they can begin to teach the new members who have come to Christ with the help of a more experienced teacher until the new teacher is ready to teach on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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