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WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. None of us are fully equipped to excel in life. Our weaknesses, blind spots, limited capabilities, and lack of experience all point to one thing-interdependence. Which is why connecting with others plays such an indispensable role in healthy development. Having access to the wisdom, experience, vision, and direction of those who have gone before can put you years ahead of where you’d be on your own. And, in addition to enhancing you own potential in all of life’s growth areas (spiritual, emotional, professional, relational, etc.), the things you’ll discover will equip you to help others as well. So why don’t we place more of a priority on developing these essential, empowering relationships? Are we uneasy with the vulnerability, assuming it will be perceived as weakness? Do we hesitate to ask, not wanting to impose on anyone else’s busy schedule? Are we reluctant to provide guidance for others, not wanting to come across as proud or self-important? Each of these factors can play a part, of course. But the main reason we miss out, according to Stanley and Clinton, is that we simply don’t understand the true nature of mentoring-a problem that is easily overcome.
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We are all interdependent on each other, which is why connecting with others plays such an indispensable role in healthy development. Having access to the wisdom, experience, vision, and direction of others can put you years ahead of where you’d be on your own.
Mentoring relationships can be key to effective discipleship and evangelism. This book shows you how to do it effectively.
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Mentoring relationships are rewarding for both mentors and those they are guiding.
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If you buy one leadership book this year, make it Leading from the Sandbox. It will equip you to be a godly leader in your ministry.
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A child’s sandbox is a place where creativity and fun are synonymous. Likewise, our ministries should be fun, inspiring, and challenging.
Leading from the Sandbox is a how-to manual for developing high-impact teams in your ministry or church. Discover what your local church, missions organization, or ministry is all about.
This leader's resource is ideal for the pastor or leader who wants to deal with team members in a positive way, determine a central ministry focus, mentor others, and much more.
About the Author
Paul Stanley’s early life was shaped by the influence and examples of his Christian parents with solid biblical teaching and values. Paul graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1963 having won distinction in leadership, football and lacrosse. He served seven years as an officer in US Army and was highly decorated for bravery while serving in Vietnam. Paul and Phyllis married in 1963 upon graduation from West Point.
The Stanleys joined The Navigators in 1970 and worked with students and military officers in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1973, Paul and Phyllis and their four children moved to Europe to pioneer a Navigator discipling and leadership training ministry in the East European Bloc and the former Soviet Union. Paul later assumed responsibility for the rapidly expanding Navigator European ministries.
After eleven years, the Stanley family returned to the United States, where Paul helped bring about major changes in ministry approaches and a new emphasis of leader development. In 1990, Paul joined the International Executive Team, which gives overall leadership and direction to Navigator ministries in 112 countries with over 4000 missionary staff of 87 nationalities.
Paul gave leadership to large portions of the Navigator’s global movement, and spent most of his time coaching, mentoring and developing leaders throughout the Navigator world. Paul is a speaker, writer and sought after consultant and coach to many senior leaders and organizations in developing strategy and leadership, and bringing about change. He has co-authored the book, Connecting, which focuses on mentoring relationships.
Paul and Phyllis have dedicated their lives to people: helping others to develop and orient their lives and leadership around Jesus Christ. This has been, and continues to be, the heartbeat of their ministry.
Paul and Phyllis have four married children and eleven grandchildren, and make their home in Colorado.Dr. J. Robert (Bobby) Clinton is Professor of Leadership at the School of Intercultural Studies of Fuller Theological Seminary. He has coordinated the leadership concentration in the School of Intercultural Studies for more than 25 years. Bobby models and teaches the concepts of lifelong development and of the focused life, as well as the importance of mentoring to develop leaders. Before coming to Fuller, he and his wife, Marilyn, served as missionaries for Worldteam in Jamaica. His writings, besides the leadership commentary series, include numerous biblical examples of leadership development. His publications include: The Making of A Leader; Leadership Emergence Theory; Connecting—Mentoring Relationships; The Mentor Handbook; Focused Lives; Strategic Concepts— That Clarify a Focused Life; and Having a Ministry That Lasts—By Becoming a Bible Centered Leader. His major focus in writing and teaching now is to help leaders inform their leadership from the Bible.
Dr. Clinton has studied each of the books of the Bible from a leadership perspective. His book, The Bible and Leadership Values, contains that initial research on the Bible. From this study he has selected the top 25 books that contribute much to leadership thought. For each book of his Biblical Leadership Commentary Series, Dr. Clinton comments on the text from a leadership standpoint. He defines leadership concepts, which shed light on the leadership implications in the text. Further, Dr. Clinton writes short leadership articles, which further suggest the importance of Biblical insights for leadership. Fourteen leadership commentaries have been completed to date: Jonah, Nehemiah, Haggai, Obadiah, Daniel, John, 1,2 Corinthians, Philippians, Titus, 1,2 Timothy, 1, 2 Timothy.