Reverse Mentoring (eBook)

THE AUTHOR EARL CREPS has been a pastor, ministries consultant, and university professor. Along the way, Creps earned a Ph.D. in communication at Northwestern University and a doctor of ministry degree in leadership at AGTS. He is the author of Off-Road Disciplines from Jossey-Bass. ABOUT LEADERSHIP NETWORK The mission of Leadership Network identifies and connects innovative church leaders, providing them with resources in the form of new ideas, people, and tools. Contact leadership Network at www.leadnet.org.

About Leadership Network.

Introduction: It Takes a Child to Raise a Village.

Part One: Facing Reality.

Chapter 1 Identity: "I Am Not Cool".

Chapter 2 Culture: "I Don't Get It".

Chapter 3 Ministry: "I Am Not Relevant".

Part Two: Cultivating Spirituality.

Chapter 4 Vision: Seeing Beyond Ourselves.

Chapter 5 Wisdom: Knowing Beyond Our Information.

Chapter 6 Relationship: Befriending Beyond Our Peers.

Part Three: Experiencing Practicality.

Chapter 7 Evangelism: Learning from Outsiders.

Chapter 8 Communication: Learning from Listeners.

Chapter 9 Leadership: Learning from Followers.

Part Four: Developing Reciprocity.

Chapter 10 Protégés: Developing R-Mentoring
Relationships.

Chapter 11 Processes: Embedding R-Mentoring in
Organizations.

Chapter 12 Interview: Joel and Rachel Mentor Earl and Janet.

Epilogue I Was So Much Older Then; I'm Younger Than That
Now.

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Index.

"Full of timely examples that can help keep ministry fresh and
relevant." - The Living Church (January 2009)

"I enjoyed reading Earl Creps' Off Road
Disciplines, but I was enthralled by Reverse
Mentoring....Through these extremely personal and detailed
stories Creps gives the reader a window into the emerging world
with all of its new language, technology, music, and quirkiness."
-Easum-Bandy

"Earl Creps is a superb communicator with the passion, courage, and
vulnerability to hang out with younger people who mentor him
enthusiastically. This book is a refreshing, innovative perspective
that all other mentoring books miss." --Gary R. Collins, PhD,
School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University

"This book will help satisfy a deep hunger for wisdom and
guidance."

--John Ortberg, Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and
Author

"The world has ended about four times. It happens every time
there is an information revolution. New technologies and processes
for handling information make the old world obsolete, quickly. When
this happens an unusual dynamic asserts itself. Younglings mentor
the elders into the way of the new world. Earl Creps calls our
attention to this phenomenon in our own day. The richness of life
sharing that is established in reverse mentoring is a largely
unexplored, but promising green edge to the Christian movement. Let
Earl show you how to get in on this development."

--Reggie McNeal, author The Present Future

"Unfortunately for Christ's church, those of us who've been
around for awhile in positions of leadership find it difficult to
listen to those who haven't, but represent the next generation of
the church. What could they ever teach us? No question-this
prevalent attitude is much to our disadvantage as we lose touch
with the future of Christ's church. So how can we learn to be quiet
for once and listen? And why should we founts of wisdom even
consider it? Earl Creps provides us with a compelling answer in
reverse mentoring. This is a must read for all generations who love
Christ's church."

--Aubrey Malphurs, Lead Navigator-The Malphurs Group and
Senior Professor-Dallas Seminary

"And I thought I was cool, that I had put the "hip" back in
discipleship. But after experiencing Reverse Mentoring, I have
discovered it was an "artificial hip." It reminded me of how much
younger leaders have helped me, it motivated me to get down to
Starbucks or wherever I can spend some time with them."

--Bill Hull, Author of Jesus Christ Disciple Maker,
The Disciple Making Pastor, The Disciple Making
Church

"Yikes. We've been nattering on about apprenticeship and
formation forever, but we've often studiously ignored some of our
best teachers. Brilliantly incisive, and yet Monday-morning
practical, this warm, vital book might just nudge the church into a
long-overdue revolution."

--Jeff Lucas, author, speaker, broadcaster