What Do We Mean by Radical? A Look at Radical Christian Living
Radical Christian living means full surrender to God and deep connection with others. It’s the life we pursue at Radical Mentoring.
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Radical Living for Men
Stories and insights to help men live boldly, lead well, and follow Jesus with purpose.
Radical Living for Women
Be encouraged and equipped to love boldly, lead with grace, and grow spiritually through mentoring stories and reflections for women.
Radical Love – Loving Boldly When It Feels Safer to Hold Back
Loving others the way Jesus calls us to is rarely comfortable. It requires courage, vulnerability, and a willingness to step outside of what feels safe. But what if the love we hesitate to give is…
Articles
Practical articles to help you grow as an effective mentor, leader, and disciple-maker.
Radical Mentoring Welcomes Pete Loescher
We are thrilled to announce Pete Loescher as the new President of Radical Mentoring, effective April 28, 2025. With a 30+ year career in corporate banking and a deep commitment to relational discipleship, Pete brings…
Seven Unique Aspects of Radical Mentoring
When we traveled to Minneapolis to host a Lunch and Learn about Radical Mentoring for pastors in the Twin Cities, we turned the mic over to Henry Williams, Senior Pastor of our host Five Oaks…
Six Qualities of a Good Mentee
Churches and mentors often ask us, “How do identify potential mentees and build a shortlist we want to invite?” Here’s an analogy. Think of it like fishing with a net versus fishing with a line….
The Mentoring Way
Our monthly newsletter featured curated resources to help you grow as a mentor.
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 77: The Foundation of Our Identity
I recently listened to a podcast where psychologist and forgiveness expert Everett Worthington discussed a profoundly personal incident surrounding the murder of his mother. He notes that the murderer went through the home and broke…
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 76: Leaders Worth Following
Leaders are people who have influence and use it for a purpose. And the amount of influence they have often correlates with the consistency between their walk and their talk. Leaders who say one thing…
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 75: How Our Identity Affects Our Thoughts
I came across the following scenario in James Clear’s book Atomic Habits. Say you’re a smoker but desperately want to break the habit. You’re standing outside, and someone offers you a cigarette. How do you…
Mentoring for Churches
Guidance to help churches equip mentors in preparation, group dynamics, communication, and spiritual leadership.
Why Senior Pastors Should Lead a Mentoring Group
A Christianity Today article quoted leadership guru Peter Drucker as saying that the four hardest jobs in America are, in no particular order… President of the United States University President CEO of a Hospital Senior…
How Mentoring Can Enhance Your Women’s Ministry
In most churches, the women’s ministry runs circles around the men. They have gatherings and prayer circles and Bible studies that allow women to consume a lot of information. Great information, in fact, and these…
Church is the First Stop
I don’t know anyone who is totally satisfied with their church. People who go to a large church want the warmth and connection of a smaller one. Others are trapped in smaller churches and hungry…
How-To's
Short, simple, how-to's on the nuts and bolts of Radical Mentoring's relational style of small group mentoring.
How to Make the Most of Your Story Retreat
The Story Retreat is one of the most important and crucial times your mentoring group will spend together. It will kickstart your mentoring group, allowing your mentees to make deep connections fast. After you share your…
How to Lead Mentee One-on-Ones
As you know, mentors are supposed to meet one-on-one with each mentee during the beginning of the mentoring season…ideally within a few weeks of the Story Retreat. We receive a lot of questions from mentors…
How to Make the Most of Scripture Memory in Your Mentoring Group
As I look at the results from end-season surveys, one of the most significant differences from group to group is the impact of the monthly Scripture memorization. For some groups, memorizing Scripture is the most…
Mentoring Tips
Practical tips and stories to help mentors lead their small groups well.
The Selfless Heart of a Mentor
Jesus knew who He was. He didn’t have anything to prove to anyone. He did miracles and wonders to establish His divinity, not to show off or say, “Hey, look at Me.” He deflected glory…
Why Invite Mentees to Apply to a Mentoring Group
For those old enough to remember getting something in the mail other than political ads or credit card offers, think back to yourself as a high school senior running to the mailbox looking for a…
What Makes It “Radical” Mentoring?
If you look up “radical” in the dictionary, one of the definitions reads “very different from the usual or traditional.” Different, extreme, and countercultural are among the synonyms. So, when we get asked the question,…
Case Studies
Deeper dives into how we've seen Radical Mentoring successfully launched in various churches and church contexts.
How One Church Developed the Leaders It Desperately Needed
One Friday morning, the Lead Pastor of a young, thriving church sits at Chick-fil-a with his men’s group, as he looks around the table, he notices two things: 1) only half the guys in his…
Small Group Mentoring as a Church Planting Strategy
Pastor Sean Sears planted Grace Church in Avon, MA in 2005. Starting with 35 people, Grace now averages 1,800. Grace Church has planted four new churches in the Boston area with two more launching in 2018. As a part…
How North Point Community Church Developed Men’s Group Leaders Through Small Group Mentoring
North Point Community Church’s Alpharetta campus is often referred to as the ‘mothership’ of North Point’s six Atlanta campuses, primarily because it’s been here the longest and serves the most people. On any given Sunday,…
Spiritual Growth
Devotional-style readings to help you grow and develop wisdom as a spouse, parent, friend, leader, and most importantly, as a Jesus-follower.
Being Grateful for Change
Recently my husband and I had a conversation around what words we would use to describe each other over the past few years. One of his words for me was heartbroken. At first, I thought…
The Importance of Remembering
I have a good friend with an amazing ability to slip simple biblical truth into everyday conversations. It’s something I’ve always admired about her. She does it in passing, like you’d mention wanting new dish…
Lamenting and Learning During Black History Month
Family trees exist to help us trace our origins and understand our lineage. As Jesus-followers, we’re born into a massive spiritual family. We have a long list of fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters…
