AGTS O-RD Conference - Session 3 - Reverse Mentoring

0 comments | Oct 27, 01:30 PM | best-of-earl | by Earl Creps

Session 3 at the conference dealt with Reverse Mentoring, the process of older leaders turning to the young as their teachers.

Here is a sample of our Q and A with the group after interviewing Joel and Rachel Triska (two of our r-mentors) on the subject:

1. How much time do you take to observe pop culture? I depend on “human intellifence” and automated resources (e.g., Google Alerts).

2. What do older people want to offer the young? An example of how to do reverse mentoring in their own lives one day—or maybe even now. We want to offer them a place at the table, i.e., at our house.

3. What about how we learn spiritual things from one another? The young need spiritual mothers and fathers. Our last church taught us so much through the example of passionate, corporate prayer set by our young adults. People were broken by the example of this intense spirituality.

4. What can we say to the younger generation to encourage r-mentoring? Basic openness to people outside your generation. Don’t assume there are walls when they re not.

5. Is there a cycle of Pentecost in Earl’s life? A rising of hunger for renewal in the church + a declining interest in what renewal looks like. Plus, don’t forget the power of God.

6. How can we make space for God to move? Create small patches of “white space” in our services and grow it into the culture of the church from there. Keeo the focus on lost people.