Diagram illustrating the biblical model of staff discipleship, including stages of manager, mentor/coach, and discipleship, with biblical principles of loving people, humility, and speaking truth in love.

The Staff
Discipleship Model

What does it look like to integrate mentoring and coaching?

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Gleaned from Biblical discipleship models found in the relationships between:

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Application of the Staff Discipleship Model will transform your leaders from Manager to Mentor/Coach to Discipler (one who disciples). For leaders in a non-faith based environment, this provides an avenue through which they can care and grow their staff through the lens of Christian care without proselytizing.

A diagram illustrating a progression from manager to mentor/coach to discipleship, outlining key responsibilities and principles at each stage, including training, performance tracking, career coaching, loving on people, humility, and speaking truth in love.
A diagram illustrating a progression from manager to mentor/coach to discipleship, outlining key responsibilities and principles at each stage, including training, performance tracking, career coaching, loving on people, humility, and speaking truth in love.

The Staff Discipleship Model integrates these into the mentoring and coaching process.
The applied Biblical principles are:

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Loving on People

John 13:34-35

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

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Living in Humility

Philippians 2:3-4

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

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Speaking Truth in Love

Ephesians 4:15

“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”