Sacred Roots Thriving in Ministry: Moving Forward to Multiply

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9. Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics. The Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics (SRSC) are a collection of sixteen spiritual classics divided into four subject areas: Biblical Studies, Theology and Ethics, Christian Ministry, and Global Mission. 10. Mentor (Ancient). Every generation of the church has produced gifted leaders, but some leaders have influenced not only their own generation, but every generation that has come after them. Christian leaders have continued to find these wise practitioners to be helpful mentors for soul work and soul care across many generations. 11. Mentor (Contemporary). 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. 12. Mentor (Local). Sacred Roots Local Mentors are the leaders of specific groups of congregational leaders who have gathered in a cohort to learn from an Ancient Mentor like Augustine, Benedict, Basil, and others. Local Mentors know the context and the communities in which the cohort leaders work and they nurture and encourage friendships within the cohort they lead. 13. Thrive Plan. A Sacred Roots Thrive Plan is a way to thrive, not simply survive in ministry. A thrive plan is the specific intentional strategy a cohort adopts to apprentice together under a master practitioner of life with God (e.g. Augustine, Athanasius, Benedict, Basil, etc.). 14. 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. 15. Discipleship. Conforming all areas of life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ with special attention to the relational, transformational, and vocational dimensions. 16. Church Plant Movement. A church plant movement or CPM is a movement of churches that are rapidly reproducing themselves as a normal aspect of their internal DNA. 17. Five Es. The Five Es refer to: Endear. Evangelism. Equip. Empower. Embrace. Each of these “Es” describes a specific task that church planters must consider intentionally in order to thrive personally and to plant churches that will bring kingdom transformation to our broken world.