The Be-With Factor
Mentoring Students in Everyday Life
- Children & Youth
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2006
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Publisher's Description
You want to make a huge, lasting difference in the lives of students, right? The Be-With Factoris a powerful, practical, and sustainable mentoring approach that does just that. It’s patterned after Jesus’ example of being with his disciples in a variety of real-life settings. It’s not another program, but it’s about reaching a generation by focusing on a few and doing life with them. Amazing things happen when you spend time with a student purposefully and intentionally—running an errand together, going to the store, grabbing lunch, letting ministry happen naturally. The impact of your faith, shown in everyday life, will transform students’ lives—and the impact on one student has the potential to reach a whole generation. Being with not only works, it’s Jesus’ way. Set forth in careful detail by two veteran leaders who live it, the Be-With factor isn’t an add-on—it’s the very heart of youth ministry. This book will help train and equip you, and once you adopt the Be-With lifestyle, it will revitalize your passion to make an eternal difference in students’ lives.
Endorsements (9)
“Bo and Judson have put together an awesome resource that is both relevant and biblical. If youth leaders are going to break through to this generation, they must break from purely program-driven paradigms and move to an incarnational model of discipleship. The Be-With Factor takes you back to one of the foundational principles of Jesus’ ministry: life on life for life. This book will inspire, equip, and transform you.”
“Being-with” is a fundamental element for building an effective relational ministry. The Be-With Factor practically illustrates for youth workers how to implement this critical aspect into ministry through helpful examples and tools, especially as one pursues mentoring relationships.”
“mentor” and people are often intimidated. But ask a Christian adult to “Be-With” a few students and simply invite them into their everyday life, and the job seems doable. Thanks to Bo and Judson, you now have a complete guide for this relational journey. Use this book to help you make an eternal impact on the lives of young students.”
“Bo Boshers epitomizes empowering individuals to prepare for the future by helping answer their most intimate and fundamental questions. The Be-With Factor and The Be-With Factor Student Guide provide biblical insights with superglue. This will stick with you through all the ages.”
Dr. Jay Strack
“If we are going to raise up a new generation of Christ-centered leaders, it isn’t going to happen by having bigger and better youth ministry programs. Leaders spending time mentoring a small group of students will develop the leaders of today and tomorrow. Bo and Judson do a great job helping youth leaders get back to the basics of Jesus’ model — pouring into a small group of students and giving you a resource to help make a difference for eternity.”
“It’s one thing to write about mentoring; it’s another thing to model and live it as a lifestyle. Bo Boshers is the right person to listen to and be trained by in becoming an effective mentor to students in this generation. The Be-With Factor is a must-read.”
“One of the most disturbing truths of my twenty years in national and urban youth ministry is the sad reality of the great numbers of students who fall away from the faith after completing high school. No clearer picture could be painted on how to authentically love our students than the tested precepts unfolded in this book. The Be-With Factor cleverly answers the how, what, where, and why of discipleship/mentorship. No more guesswork or room for intimidation after diving into the insights of The Be-With Factor. This volume is a must-read for my team as we endeavor to reach the fatherless for the Father. Undoubtedly The Be-With Factor should find a home in the library of any youth worker serious about kingdom business.”
“Students regard your very presence in their lives as a sign of caring and connectedness. The greatest impact in anyone’s life is almost always from a significant person who took time to “be-with” them. Bo and Judson not only have written a most excellent book on mentoring, they live it.”
“how to get close, how to build, how to point the younger generation to Christ and ultimate usefulness in the kingdom. The Be-With Factor needs to be on the required reading list of every man or woman called to student ministries.”
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