Who can you mentor in storytelling?

A Christian leader attended training about discipling others and as part of the training learned more about Bible storytelling. The next week he decided to share some of what he’d learned with someone he was mentoring in a Creative Access Nation.

He shares:

This morning I met with Bob and shared with him about the crystallisation of the idea of the difference between mentoring by answering questions compared with mentoring by asking questions. We both agreed that what he needs is a form of mentoring that focuses on Bible stories and asking questions.

We spent about 45 minutes learning the story of the crucifixion scene (which we’d learned during training) and I taught him how to learn the story, lead through the story and implement the process in a multilingual context.

I pulled out the six questions cards and explained to him how to use those cards to ask practical questions that will help a new believer understand how to apply the Bible to his own life and worldview.

I talked with Bob about the worldview of his disciple and to go off and think about how to help the disciple grow in his understanding of a worldview where relationships are not based on merit. This is where Bob feels the greatest need for a change in worldview exists. Bob is going to work on a six month story based curriculum to help his disciple learn and live in a way that embraces a grace-based relationship world view.

Bob was excited about the questions and the process and we prayed that tonight when he gets together with his disciple that God will use this story to stir something new in that man’s heart. We agreed that we will get back together to think through the curriculum and the needs for a change in his disciple’s thinking and character.

Used with permission of RS