Strategies for mentoring young church leaders in Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in the west rand District Municipality, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate Christian mentoring as a possible strategy to support young Pentecostal-Charismatic Church leaders in all phases of their ministry career. The study design is a three-dimensional descriptive research and explores first-ly, the need for mentoring young church leaders, secondly, to emphasize the im-portance of a biblical model of leadership mentoring, and thirdly, to assess the impact of negative ‘Pentecostalisation’ within Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in the West Rand District Municipality, a geographical area that forms part of the Gauteng Province in South Africa. The research is descriptive in that a quantitative empirical research type of inquiry have been conducted. The hypothesis of the study is that there exists a need for mentoring young church leaders in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches situated in the West Rand District Municipality. A preliminary literature review supports the hypothesis and reflects that theory on the topic of mentorship is essential to leadership development in Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches. The study affirms that mentoring young church leaders in Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches could solve many leaderships challenges these churches are facing, hence the value of mentoring church leaders in biblical terms.