Growing Together: Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests (The Gospel Coalition)

Such a wonderful resource. I went through this book with another woman. The questions at the end of each chapter helped to facilitate discussion and caused me to reflect on my own walk with the Lord. Would recommend for a mentoring relationship.

Very impactful!

I have enjoyed reading this book. The author compassionately and genuinely shares her wisdom as to the topic of mentoring, and I really love that it's from a faith-based perspective. Five stars!

As a mentor to women's ministry leaders, I highly recommend Growing Together. Melissa provides the framework and content for women's ministry teams to easily and quickly launch a mentoring ministry. Melissa uses the first two chapters of Growing Together to unpack what mentoring can be as well as setting expectations for the mentor/mentee. Ground rules are a good thing! The remaining nine chapters walk mentors/mentees through important topics, some not often talked about in women’s ministry, such as church attendance and service. Melissa anchors the content of each chapter in God’s Word, sprinkling in applicable real-life examples. I found the chapters to be just the right length. While each chapter could entail an entire book (and as noted in the Recommended Reading in the appendix, there are whole books on these topics), Melissa manages to go just deep enough in the short space of a chapter for participants to have a hearty discussion on the subject. Melissa's book will help remove the excuses so many mentors offer up by providing them with content and discussion questions to use during their meetings. Cyndee Ownbey, Founder of Women's Ministry Toolbox and best-selling author of Rethinking Women's Ministry: Biblical, Practical Tools for Cultivating a Flourishing Community

If you are looking to disciple/mentor someone, this can be a good place to start. This book will give lots of ideas on how to begin a mentoring relationship and what those meeting times can look like, topics to be sure to cover, etc. This is a good starting place if you're unsure where to begin.

My wife bought this for a Christmas gift for a work colleague and she loved it

Loved the author’s approach to mentoring. Her style is easy to read, concise, to the point and biblically based. Looking forward to using it in my next mentoring relationship.

I purchased this book to help me prepare to speak at our church Women's Conference on discipleship. This book was HUGELY helpful! So practical and inspiring! It is an easy read, Biblically sound, and worth the money!

This book is great for beginners who want some tips on how to disciple others. It also is a good reminder for us who have been in the field for a long time. It is full of practical ideas and helpful tips.

The best book of doing ministry and discipleship of Christ. Good to read as in Bible study as well in book club.

This is a valuable resource for anyone learning to disciple other women or being discipled by someone. From setting the expectations to what to talk about in a disciple relationship. So great!!

Practical and clear! A book every mentor should have in their toolbox. Will be recommending and gifting this book often!

A fair mentoring book, but I do prefer Susan Hunt’s Spiritual Mothering: The Titus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women.