This self-study manual is ideal for small groups or individual study. It describes the nine types of mentoring influences in detail in terms of the five major mentoring dynamics. Mentoring is an informal training model, which can fit well in parachurch and church organizations to help other individuals develop.

A treatment of power, vulnerability, and suffering in the life and ministry of mid-career leaders offers a reminder of the need to rethink power. The push and pull of power dynamics, unless acknowledged and surrendered, can impact leaders' spirituality, relationships, character, and ultimately their faithfulness in ministry. To supplement countless books on leadership models, techniques and motivation, this book offers a counter-narrative of power informed by and embedded in the message of the cross; it elaborates on a humble use of power and proposes a reframing of power as seen in Christ's...