2023 Evangel Gathering - Friendship and Flourishing for Missions

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9. Contemporary Mentor. Sacred Roots Contemporary Mentors are world class evangelical scholars who have spent years getting to know the Ancient Mentors we meet in the Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics. Each Contemporary Mentor has edited one volume in the Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics series and produced a number of resource videos to help contemporary church leaders apprentice themselves to the ancient mentors of the church. 10. Sacred Roots Study Group Leader. Sacred Roots study group leaders are the leaders of specific groups of congregational leaders who have gathered in a study group to learn from an Historical Mentor like Augustine, Benedict, Basil, and others. Study group leaders know the context and the communities in which the study group leaders work and they nurture and encourage friendships within the study group they lead. 11. Thrive Plan. A Sacred Roots Thrive Plan is a way to thrive, not simply survive in ministry. A thrive plan is the specific intentional plan a study group adopts to apprentice together under a master practitioner of life with God (e.g. Augustine, Athanasius, Benedict, Basil). 12. Spiritual Formation. Spiritual formation is a process empowered by the Holy Spirit where the inner person is conformed more and more to the inner person of Christ. 13. Discipleship. Conforming all areas of life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ with special attention to the relational, transformational, and vocational dimensions.