Growing Together: Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests (The Gospel Coalition)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
We need one another. Yet we don’t always know how to develop relationships that help us grow in the Christian life. Spiritual mentoring offers a way for younger believers and more mature Christians to grow together through intentional discipleship and accountability. If you’re looking for a place to start, Melissa Kruger presents a guide for discipleship conversations that span a variety of topics for spiritual growth. Each lesson encourages both mentor and mentee to focus on the hope of the gospel as they learn together from the truth of God’s word.
Women in all seasons of life can feel alone, longing for encouragement, guidance, and wisdom from someone who has been there before. They would value the wealth of knowledge and wisdom from older women’s experiences, but often these women don’t feel equipped to offer help. This book is a starting place, meant to be a springboard for mentoring discussions between older and younger women, setting the biblical basis for mentoring from Titus 2 before outlining 11 lessons that guide their time together. Each lesson focuses on a topic such as God’s word, prayer, contentment, temptation, and church, with activities for before, during, and after the mentoring session. Younger and older women will grow together as they use these lessons to walk through life together.
Published in partnership with the Gospel Coalition.
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- Facilitates meaningful conversations centered around God’s word
- Guides to grow together in faith as well as be equipped to do the work of ministry
- Helps both the mentor and the mentee know where to start, what to cover, and how to make it work
- We Need One Another
- Setting Expectations and Sharing Your Story
- Taste and See: Savoring the Word of God
- The Church: Our Home Away from Home
- It’s Good News! Sharing Your Faith with Others
- Prayer: Pouring Out Your Heart to God
- Family and Friendship: Loving Your Nearest Neighbors
- Temptations: In the World but Not of It
- Joy in the Journey: Cultivating Contentment in All Seasons
- Service: Spending Your Life on Others
- Discernment: Choosing What Is Best
For many of us, the idea of having a mentor is appealing, and the suggestion of being a mentor is intimidating. Through this book, Melissa Kruger helps both the mentor and the mentee know where to start, what to cover, and how to make it work so that the mentoring relationship is a source of joy and growth for everyone involved.
—Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher; author, Even Better than Eden
Mentoring and discipleship are essential for the Christian life, yet so many of us don’t quite know how to do it. Growing Together is not only needed; it’s also exactly the book we’ve been looking for. Melissa Kruger has written an instructive, biblically grounded, accessible, practical, and versatile book perfect for one-on-one mentoring relationships, groups, or individuals. Women who read this book will grow together in their faith as well as be equipped to do the work of ministry. I’m grateful for this resource and highly recommend it!
—Trillia Newbell, author, If God Is For Us: The Everlasting Truth of Our Great Salvation
Growing Together is a resource for mentoring relationships that facilitates meaningful conversations centered around God’s word. Engaging questions and simple yet transformative suggestions for application will encourage women to grow together in godliness. This is an invaluable tool for any discipleship tool belt, and I am so thankful to add it to mine!
—Hunter Beless, Founder and Executive Director, Journeywomen podcast