Spiritual Sisterhood: Mentoring for Women of Color

by Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo

Overview

In these pages, author and speaker Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo calls all sisters to either become a spiritual mother or be mentored by one. In fact, she believes the survival of African American communities depends on the renewal of mentoring relationships. Having spent many years as both a mentor and a mentee, Osaigbovo provides here the resources needed for effective, life-giving, mentoring relationships, including help for

• finding someone to mentor or someone to mentor you
• deciding what to do together
• avoiding pitfalls
• reaching across the age gap, whether older to younger or younger to older

In addition, you'll read stories from real mentors and mentees that reveal the life-change and lasting effects that come from vibrant mentoring relationships. Older, spiritually mature African American women also offer their wise words of advice, gleaned from years of serving as spiritual mothers to others. Whether you're in a family, workplace, school or ministry context, whether you're young or old, you can begin a mentoring relationship. Let Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo and her spiritual sisters and mothers show you how.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830868391
Publisher:	IVP
Publication date:	01/28/2011
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	151
Sales rank:	1,011,782
File size:	270 KB

About the Author

Rebecca Osaigbovo is founder and director of Chosen Vessels Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit outreach organization that focuses on leadership training, prison ministry, and challenging and inspiring women to be agents of change in their families, workplaces and communities. She also speaks at churches and conferences on prayer, spiritual growth, women in ministry and overcoming adversity. She lives in Michigan.

Rebecca Osaigbovo is founder and director of Chosen Vessels Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit outreach organization that focuses on leadership training, prison ministry, and challenging and inspiring women to be agents of change in their families, workplaces and communities. She also speaks at churches and conferences on prayer, spiritual growth, women in ministry and overcoming adversity. She lives in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Making the Case
2 The Challenges and Triumphs of Mentoring
3 Who Is Qualified to Be a Mentor?
4 How to Find a Mentor
5 How to Mentor
6 On Location
7 Tips for Getting Started
8 A Model for Structured Mentoring
9 Confidentiality--A Cautionary Tale
10 The Ultimate Example
11 A Real-Life Mentor Model
Acknowledgments
Appendixes

Editorial Reviews

"In this book, Tennessee native, Osaigbovo offers a structure and rationale for mentoring from A to Z. This book is a must read!"

Teresa Hairston