About Us

Mentoring Description

Mentoring Men for the Master is a ministry dedicated to training, encouraging, restoring, and equipping disciples of Jesus in order that they might become disciple-makers themselves.

The mentoring process is not primarily teaching the facts about Christianity, but it is a relationship whereby the mentor teaches and demonstrates the principles and practices of biblical Christianity.

Mentoring is a new word to most persons today, but the concept of mentoring is as old as the Bible. In fact, the very word “mentor” comes to us from the ancient Greeks. “When the Greek warrior Odysseus went off to fight in the Trojan War (1184-1194 BC), he left his young son, Telemachus, in the care of a trusted guardian named Mentor. The siege of Troy lasted ten years, and it took Odysseus another ten years to make his way home. When he arrived, he found that the boy Telemachus had grown into a man–thanks to Mentor’s wise tutelage.

Based on this story, we now speak of a mentor as someone who functions to some extent as, “a man who fundamentally affects and influences the development of another man.”

Mentoring relationships are often described in both the Old and New Testaments:

In the Old Testament:

  • Jethro taught his son-in-law, Moses, how to delegate (Ex. 18).
  • Moses taught Joshua how to lead effectively (Deut. 3:1-8, 34:9).
  • Moses groomed Caleb to lead (Num. 13; 14:6-9).
  • Samuel tried to shape the character of Saul (1 Sam. 9–15).
  • Samuel anointed David as king and protected him (1 Sam. 16:13).
  • Jonathan and David mentored each other (1 Sam. 18:1-9; 19:1-7; 20:1-42).

In the New Testament:

  • Barnabas taught Paul (Acts 4:36-37; 9:26-30; 11:22-30).
  • Barnabas restored John Mark (Acts 15:36-39; 2 Tim. 4:11).
  • Priscilla and Aquila tutored Apollos (Acts 18:1-3, 24- 28).
  • Paul poured his life into Timothy (Acts 16:1-3; Phil. 2:19-23; 1 and 2 Tim.).
  • Paul instructed Titus (2 Cor. 7:6, 13-15; 8:17; Titus).

Not only do we find examples of mentoring relationships in the Bible, but the principle of mentoring is enunciated in many biblical passages, as follows:

  • "Come with us and we will do you good" (Num. 10:29). Moses to his father-in-law, Jethro.
  • "He appointed twelve—designating them apostles—that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach" (Mk. 3:14).
  • "Everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher" (Lk. 6:40b).
  • "Therefore I urge you to imitate me" (1 Cor. 4:16).
  • "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1).
  • "Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you" (Phil. 3:17).
  • "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you" (Phil. 4:9).
  • "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Tim. 2:2).

The “Golden Text” for mentoring in the Bible in my judgment, and the one which describes our approach to mentoring, states, “We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us” (1 Thess. 2:8 NIV). Thus unlike most Bible studies, prayer meetings, discipleship training classes, and Sunday School, mentoring is a relationship, which makes it the highest and most effective expression of teaching and learning human kind has yet devised. Even Jesus, the Son of God, used this method.

Mission Statement

The mission of Mentoring Men for the Master (MMM) is to show men how to discipline their lives (1 Tim. 4:7b) to become more like Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29). Through our weekly mentoring schools, we challenge them to internalize the Bible (God’s inerrant Word), teach them biblical truths, provide accountability, encourage them to have a meaningful time with God daily in prayer, train them to be disciples of Jesus Christ, and to evangelize the lost. Our desire is to “come alongside” each man and establish a close and personal relationship with them in order to encourage them to lead in their families, support their local church and literally impact a lost and dying world for the glory of Jesus Christ.