The Art of Mentoring
Copyright 2009, 2011
Extravagant Worship, Inc.
Edited by Karen Kaufman
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As passionate about empowering the next generation as she is about leading hers, Darlene Zschech is possibly the most amazing mentor I know. Who better to learn from than Darlene, who continues to raise up in her wake some of the most influential, inspiring, and imaginative leaders on the face of the planet. She has lived this book so well. Let her lead you and equip you to release others.
Louie Giglio
The Passion Movement/Passion City Church
Great leaders like Darlene Zschech pour themselves into others. Packed with valuable, practical insights, this passionate and powerful book calls established and rising leaders to work together, showing how they can combine their unique strengths to leave an even greater legacy for the generations to come.
John C. Maxwell
Bestselling author, speaker, and founder of
The John Maxwell Company
When you get to know Darlene you understand that she loves people. Not just the shiny people you would expect to circulate in her world, but the broken, the poor, and the downhearted. Ive seen her time and time again encourage people who no one else would believe in. Many of these are now well-known names on the worship circuit who started life very differently but she saw potential in them. This book will help us all to understand that the gospel is about people not a brand.
Martin Smith
Songwriter, former lead singer of Delirious?, and
founder of CompassionArt
To
my own children,
Amy, Chloe, and Zoe Jewel,
whose lives inspire me to live
with joy and purpose
their future my greatest motivator,
their dreams come true
my greatest prayer.
Contents
Foreword
It is always significant when someone fully in touch with the church globally speaks into the present moment.
Darlene Zschech is such a person, and thankfully she is intensely practical.
Darlene is not only an influencer of the global church worship life through her music and gifting, she is also an experienced pastoral leader and a respected voice to todays youth culture. Further, she is a faithful wife and an effective mother; she and her husband, Mark, have three daughters, one son-in-law, and two grandbabies.
So it is without reserve, in this book you have in your hands there is workable wisdom from a woman who qualifies to be heard by all of us.
My respect for the writer transcends her remarkable personal gifts. It is prompted by the clear-headedness, the Word-centeredness, and Christ-consciousness that she evidences.
Whether you encounter her as a worship leader, hear her as an internationally welcomed speaker, or converse with her as I often have as a friend, you encounter genuine sincerity, spiritual substance, and personal graciousness.
Ive listed the above six qualities about Darlene not only because theyre true of her but also because they are so necessary to each of us today. They are values that must be relayed and reinforcedtraits needful of transmission to a rising generation by mentors and models living them as they help serve and shape the younger ones who are watching and following us.
I think youll find fresh air within these pagesa breath of insight and inspiration to increase your sensitivities and response to these remarkable times.
Societal change is so rapid that without the balance and weight added by those with discerning perspective, confusion and deception are a constant threat. Thats why Im thankful for the content here. It will help each of us to perceive and address the momentadding balance and weight to our own experience, enriching our own potential for investing it in those we are called by God to help rise to their own life-purpose.
Whether youre a part of the rising generation, or one of those called to welcome and assist it to its potential for making an eternal difference in our world, join me in responding to its message.
Tune in to the times being addressed by this prophetic message at this pivotal moment.
The message is clear: Its ours to hear.
And to take actionnow!
Jack W. Hayford
Founding Pastor, The Church On The Way
Founder-Chancellor, The Kings University
Introduction:
THE WHY AND THE WHAT
A good place to start...
Psalm 145:37: God is magnificent; he can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to his greatness. Generation after generation stands in awe of your work; each one tells stories of your mighty acts. Your beauty and splendor have everyone talking; I compose songs on your wonders. Your marvelous doings are headline news; I could write a book full of the details of your greatness. The fame of your goodness spreads across the country; your righteousness is on everyones lips ( The Message ).
If these words from David the psalmist sound a bit like the adventure you want to experience and share with the next generation, then keep on reading, my friend!
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