If you’re meeting regularly with someone to mentor them, remember that the goal is to go beyond helping them to trust Jesus. You want them to go full circle. But what does that mean? As Christians, we don’t stop at trusting Jesus and living a life for him. He calls us to go further, to reach out and help those around us do the same thing, and then help them help others. It all comes back to the mission of Jesus.

[Related: The Mentor Tree and the Law of Two Generations]

Video Highlights:

  • The goal of disciple-making is to get people to go full circle. That means they will become disciple-makers who are empowered to raise up more disciple-makers. You can encourage them to turn around and mentor someone else to do the same.
  • You’ll have to intentionally empower the person you’re mentoring. They’ll have the natural tendency to just be a “consumer”, settling to be poured into and mentored (see John 13-17) without doing the same. This is easier and has less expectation and awkwardness. But it’s not what Jesus asked. Through getting to know your mentee, you will learn how that person can be empowered to push through their comfort zone and mentor someone else.
  • You’ll need to learn how to do a “handoff.” That means you’ll have to get very practical and bring some ideas to the table, spurring on the next mentoring relationship. You can’t just tell them it’s something they should do and then drop it. Help them find someone who would want that relationship with them. Search through topics on PursueGOD.org that you think would be great starter conversations for them to have. And don’t forget to follow up with them and see how things are progressing.

[Related Series: Mentor Training]

Discussion Questions:

  1. Watch the video together or invite someone to summarize the topic.
  2. What is your initial reaction to this video? Do you disagree with any of it? What jumped out at you?
  3. Who mentored (discipled) you? How did they do it? 
  4. Who are you currently mentoring? Are they mentoring anyone yet? Why or why not?
  5. Write down the name of one person who could benefit from a mentoring relationship with someone you are mentoring. How can you help facilitate that handoff? What topic(s) from the library would you encourage them to cover?
  6. Are you a hinderance or a help when it comes to releasing and empowering people to become mentors?
  7. How can you ensure that the people you empower to mentor feel the same authority to empower the next generation to mentor? What will happen if you don’t empower the nth generation?
  8. Write a personal action step based on this conversation.

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