Carl F.H. Henry Center For Theological Understanding
  • Sapientia
  • Resources
  • Events
  • Programs
  • Initiatives
  • About
  • Search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Newsletter Sign-up
Featured Pages
  • Dabar Conference
  • The Creation Project
  • Creation Project FAQ
Sapientia
Resources
  • International Conferences
    • Peru
    • Hong Kong
    • Tokyo
    • Nairobi
Events
Programs
  • Overview
  • Carl F. H. Henry Resident Fellowship
    • Fellow Instructions
    • Henry Resident Fellows
    • Regional Application
  • Dabar Conference
    • Dabar Registration
    • Dabar Papers
    • Dabar Incentives
    • Exhibition Area
  • Deerfield Dialogue Group
    • Gatherings
  • Hansen Fellowship
    • Become a Fellow
    • Hansen Fellows
    • FAQs
    • G. Walter Hansen
  • Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology
    • Purpose & History
    • Current Academic Year
    • Past Lectures & Publications
      • 2007: John Webster
      • 2009: Stephen Williams
      • 2011: Bruce McCormack
      • 2013: Nicholas Wolterstorff
    • Kenneth Kantzer
  • Scripture & Ministry
    • Current Academic Year
    • Previous Lectures
  • Stott Award for Pastoral Engagement
    • Stott Recipients
    • Recipient Instructions
    • Appy for the Stott Award
  • Timothy Series
    • Current Academic Year
    • Previous Series
  • Trinity Debates
    • Current Academic Year
    • Previous Debates
  • Trinity Symposium
    • Current Academic Year
    • Previous Symposia
Initiatives
  • Overview
  • The Creation Project
    • Letter from the Director
    • Creation Project FAQ
    • Partner Resources
    • 2019–20 Event Survey
  • Christ on Campus
    • CCP Conference
      • Speakers
      • Schedule
      • Registration
      • Travel & Lodging
    • History and Purpose
    • CCI Essays
    • CCI Authors
  • Emerging Adulthood Consortium
    • EA Consortium
    • Emerging Adulthood
    • Our Team
    • Call for Proposals
    • Consortium Registration
  • Globalizing Theological Education
    • The Case
    • Background and Context
    • Research Team
    • Continuing Research
  • The Gospel Coalition
    • Founding Documents
    • First Conference
  • The Hana Project
    • Purpose & History
    • Hana Vision
    • Hana Methods
    • Hana Branches
    • Common Ground
  • Remembering Carl Henry
    • Conference Lectures
    • Conference Speakers
  • Scripture Project
    • Contributors
    • Publication
  • Witchcraft Accusations
    • The Problem
    • Nairobi Colloquium
    • Our Team
    • Continuing Research
  • Woodbridge Conference
    • Woodbridge Bio
    • Audio Resources
    • Conference Program
About
  • Our Purpose
    • From the Director
    • Modern Context
    • HCTU Objectives
    • HCTU Leadership
      • Geoffrey Fulkerson
      • Heather Cordero
      • Ian Prince
      • Joel Chopp
      • Matthew Wiley
  • Carl F. H. Henry
    • The Life of Carl Henry
    • Bibliography
      • The Christian Mindset
      • Christian Countermoves
      • Twilight of a Great Civilization
    • Exclusive Sermons & Lectures
    • The Reception of Carl Henry
  • Contact Us
    • Location and Directions
    • Support Us
    • Terms of Use & Copyright Policy
    • Privacy Statement
Sapientia
Edwards & the Church
The Surprising Mentoring Ministry of Edwards: Learning the Art of Leadership Development
Rhys Bezzant
February 4, 2016
ecclesiology, jonathan edwards, mentorship, pastoral identity, pastoral ministry
Watch Listen Download Audio File
Share:
Resource Overview

The Surprising Mentoring Ministry of Edwards: Learning the Art of Leadership Development

Edwards was not only a great theologian and philosopher. His pastoral ministry deserves closer attention in the academy and amongst those on the front line in churches. Of particular note is his overlooked ministry of mentoring: he took trainee evangelists and ministers into his home, debated theology with them based on his Miscellanies, gave them popular novels to read, wrote informal letters to them treating them as peers, and cultivated the art of conversation like in the best circles of London. These priorities shed light on his understanding of the church, Christian spirituality, the Reformed worldview, and the needs of potential leaders in a time of rapid social and theological transition. Edwards empowers a rising generation of leaders through his practice of one-on-one soul care, providing us with an example and instruction for our own ministry.

Biography

Rhys Bezzant is Dean of Missional Leadership at Ridley College (Melbourne, Australia), where he has served since 2004. He lectures in Church History, Theology and Christian Worship, and he is the Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center for Australia. Rhys studied at Ridley and has served as an Anglican minister in a number of parishes and as chaplain among tertiary students at Latrobe University and the University of Melbourne. He has published Jonathan Edwards and the Church (OUP 2014), Standing on Their Shoulders: Heroes of the Faith for Today (Acorn 2015), and he is currently researching for a book on Edwards’s ministry of mentoring.

Tweet
Related on Sapientia
  • Rural Ministry in Conversation:
    An Interview with the Authors
    Geoffrey Fulkerson
  • For the Sake of Effective Ministry: A Rejoinder
    Stephen Witmer
  • What Does Pepperell, MA Have to Do with Mpeketoni, Kenya?
    Anthony Wainaina Njuguna
  • A Big God, a Big Gospel, and the
    Transcendence of Place
    Edward W. Klink III
  • Good News for Small Places:
    Introducing A Big Gospel
    Gavin Ortlund
See All

Media Resources

RSS Feed Browse All Media
  • David Kling
    Prayer: Jonathan Edwards and the Cognitive Science of Religion
    October 18, 2018
    Creation Project, Edwards & the Church
    View
  • Gerald R. McDermott
    Jonathan Edwards and ‘the Nature of Things’: Reclaiming a Doctrine of Creation for the Reformation Tradition
    October 19, 2017
    Creation Project, Edwards & the Church
    View
  • George Marsden
    Jonathan Edwards & the Scientific Revolution
    November 2, 2016
    Creation Project, Edwards & the Church
    View
  • <h1>New Resource: Josh Moody</h1>Jonathan Edwards' Theocentric Vision: A Hands-On Guide for Pastors
    Josh Moody
    The Theocentric Vision of Jonathan Edwards: A Hands-On Guide for Pastors
    January 21, 2015
    Edwards & the Church
    View
  • <h1>New Piper Resources Available</h1>
Listen to John Piper speak on the affections in Edwards and life
    John Piper
    The Glory of God and the Gladness of Man: Essential Affections in Edwards and the Life of the Church
    April 23, 2014
    Edwards & the Church
    View
  • John Piper
    What is the Joy of all Joys?
    April 23, 2014
    Edwards & the Church
    View
  • Oliver Crisp lectures on the "rhetorical power" of the Spirit in the preached word
    Oliver Crisp
    Jonathan Edwards on Preaching
    April 17, 2013
    Edwards & the Church
    View
  • Thabiti Anyabwile
    Jonathan Edwards and American Racism: Can the Theology of a Slave Owner Be Trusted by Descendants of Slaves?
    February 1, 2012
    Edwards & the Church
    View
  • George Marsden
    Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-first Century
    November 3, 2010
    Edwards & the Church
    View
2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield IL 60015
[email protected]| 847-317-8066
Quick Links
  • Contact Us
  • Location and Directions
  • Support Us
Related Sites
  • Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
  • Center for Transformational Churches
  • Hiebert Center for Global Theology
Connect With HCTU
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Newsletter Sign-up
  • Copyright © 2021 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
  • All rights Reserved.
  • Terms of Use & Copyright Policy.
  • Privacy Statement.