Mentors Who Have Changed My Life

According to the Biblical Counseling Center, “spiritual mentorship is the guidance that one believer gives to another to help that person ‘grow up in every way…into Christ’ (Ephesians 4:15).”

Sometimes a spiritual mentor can help us see and name our own experience of God. In the simplest terms, the spiritual mentor is simultaneously a learner and a teacher of discernment. These are the spiritual mentors and heroes who have greatly influenced my faith journey—and to them I am eternally grateful.

Dr. Howard Hendricks

Known as one of the nation’s most energetic and inspiring Bible teachers, Howard Hendricks shared the Word in more than 80 countries around the world. He also wrote more than a dozen books on family life and Christian discipleship. Dr. Hendricks was a distinguished professor and Chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also served on the board of directors for The Navigators and Ronald Blue & Co.

Bill Bright

William R. “Bill” Bright was the founder of the world’s largest Christian ministry (Campus Crusade for Christ, “Cru”) and was known around the globe as one of the most vigorous Christian evangelists. Bright also co-founded, with Dr. James Davis, the Global Pastors Network, an internet-based training center at www.globalpastorsnetwork.org, designed to equip pastors and ministers worldwide with interactive resources, events, and networking opportunities.