Year-Round Mentoring in Pastoral Growth
with Larry Anderson or Jay Moser
Here is What Past Participants Say
“Even after 20 years of ministry, I feel that I need a mentor. I am so grateful to be a part of YRM for pastoral growth with pastor Jay Mosser. It helps me a lot in my ministry to have an older pastor with whom I can share the burdens of ministry, be open and at the same time receive a lot of good advice, listening prayers, and encouragement that I need for going on in ministry. I recommend this for everyone who wants to grow deeper in the Lord and be edified, encouraged, and sharpen for ministry and advancing God’s kingdom.”
- Nick Lica, a pastor from the Czech Republic
“The pastoral care YRM was a big blessing to me. I have been feeling the need to grow on pastoral care. I signed up last year and on my first call met with pastor Larry Anderson who has been serving me personally and helping me to manage priorities and to do well the pastoral duties with my church members. The wisdom, the attention and the advice of a very experienced pastor and father of 3 sons that are serving as pastors has been a highlight for me at YRM. I am grateful for the YRM opportunity and I would recommend any pastor or leader to enroll in YRM.”
- Andi Dina, a church planter from Albania
Programme Overview
Fruitful, long-term effectiveness is the goal of everyone in ministry. No one wants to simply finish the race; we want to finish strong. This Year-Round Mentoring program is designed to mentor pastors one-on-one, or in a small group of 3-4 pastors in the personal and ministry needs they have in order to achieve fruitful and effective long-term ministry.
Goals
1) Growth and focus on personal spiritual health as pastoral leaders with our families, schedules, and churches
2) Learning how to make decisions for personal encouragement, accountability, and help in pastoral ministry
3) Learning how to prepare ourselves for work in the church, building healthy teams and leading church services and ministry events
4) Growth in developing communities where deep spiritual change can happen through Christ
Strategy
Church Ministry is 80% invisible and 20% visible.
80% Invisible
Who you are in Christ is more important than anything you do. This is an opportunity to focus on our personal spiritual growth and health. It is a chance to look at our lives, our families, our schedules, how we make decisions, and where we go for help and encouragement.
20% Visible
Your preparation and planning will determine the effectiveness of the 20% that everyone sees. How do you prepare yourself for your work? What is the role of planning and team building? In this part we will discuss what it means to be prepared for Sundays or church ministry events. In addition, we will talk about healthy planning for ministry and service.
There is no set curriculum or method. Depending on a particular pastor’s challenges, different topics and strategies may be appropriate. Various articles, video lectures, or books would be assigned and discussed.
YRM for Pastoral Growth would include 8 to 10 one-on-one, or small group meetings with other pastors over the course of 12 months, including two face-to-face meetings at ELF’s annual meeting and by Zoom. Participants will be paired with either Larry Anderson or Jay Mosser for the year-round mentoring.
Mentors
Larry Anderson
Larry Anderson has been a ministry leader for more than forty years. He recently stepped down as senior pastor of North Bible Church in Scottsdale Arizona. Larry has a MAT and DMin degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary. He started his ministry career with Young Life International and left as Senior Vice President in 2004. Later that year he and his wife, Gina, moved back to Arizona to serve in the church. Larry has continued to teach courses in leadership and contemporary culture and evangelism for Fuller. In addition, he mentors younger pastors and ministry leaders around the U.S. He has been married to Gina for forty-four years. They have three married children, who all serve in the ministry, and have nine grandchildren.
Jay Mosser
Jay Mosser has served in pastoral roles for nearly 40 years – about 20 years in various assistant pastor capacities and the rest as senior pastor. Through those years he has served in three churches ranging from small (less than 50) to large (about 1,000). Along the way he has worked with children, teens, worship ministry, pastoral care, and preaching and leadership. Jay has an M.Div from Western (Conservative Baptist) Seminary and a D.Min from Borgan University in Oregon, where his doctoral thesis was titled “How a Pastor’s Theology of Shepherding Affects the Health & Growth of a Church.” He is married to Kathy and has three daughters and three grandchildren. In his spare time, he loves to read, hike, travel, watch sports, and spend time with his family.