Teens need mentors.

Mentors need training.

You need

NextGen

Simple Mentoring

Adults with full lives often make the best and most interesting mentors for young people.

That's why we created
Simple Mentoring.

This powerful free tool strips away the guessing,  overthinking, and complication and leaves leaders like you with a simple way to help those around you love teenagers and point them to Jesus.

What is NextGen Simple Mentoring?

NextGen Simple Mentoring is a FREE turnkey resource to help senior pastors mobilize the Christian adults in their faith community to disciple the young people closest to them. 

You don’t have to

for your faith community.

Simple Mentoring

Here’s How to Get Started!

Step One

Download the free Simple Mentoring Jumpstart for Senior Pastors.

The jumpstart includes everything you need to catalyze mentoring relationships in your faith community.

Step Two

Access the free Simple Mentoring Handbook.

This short primer unpacks the 3 Mentoring Keys and equips the caring Christian mentors in your faith community to increase their impact.

Step Three

Ask your  faith community to commit to walk through the Simple Mentoring Small Group Series [coming March 2025].

This video series, produced in partnership with RightNow Media and The Barna Group, provides five short video lessons that small groups can use to learn about and practice Simple Mentoring.  

What makes NextGen Simple Mentoring different from other discipleship resources?

Simple Mentoring resources are:

Turnkey, free, and easy-to-use

Scripturally-grounded and research-based

Designed to work in diverse ethnic and ecumenical contexts, and fit different faith community sizes

Faith communities are filled with people who have a heart for the young people in their lives. But when you mention mentoring, they feel overwhelmed and inadequate.

As a senior leader,

How can you help young people be discipled to a lifelong, rich faith?

Give the young people in your community the care they need while also equipping mentors to provide that care.

Access the Free Toolkit

The mentors are there. The young people are there. And now, the FREE resources are there too!

3 Mentoring Keys

In NextGen Simple Mentoring, we present the 3 Mentoring Keys that get to the heart of what success looks like in a mentoring relationship. Hint: it’s way simpler than people think!

Little Acts > Grand Gestures

Practice small acts more than grand gestures.

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Authenticity > Pretending

Be authentic instead of pretending.

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Questions > Answers

Ask questions more than give answers.

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Hear from Other Leaders

  • “The Simple Mentoring [resources] provide practical, thoughtful strategies to help leaders engage young people through humility, authenticity, and grace. Personally, I believe that the posture of vulnerability and authenticity elevates these resources from merely helpful strategies to genuinely transformational ones. I wholeheartedly recommend them to any church leader committed to fostering relational discipleship and intergenerational ministry.”

    David Chang
    Lead Pastor at Open Door Presbyterian Church in Herndon, VA

  • “The NextGen Simple Mentoring [material] helped me to see that I could grow in my youth ministry skills. I felt I had a guide book to go by and a mentor to help me on the journey. As a pastor, I am now thinking more about how my sermons can reach youth. I am also reminded of the importance of equipping the saints for ministry.”

    Elizabeth Hounshell
    Pastor at Zebulon UMC in Zebulon, NC

  • “I’m thrilled to be introducing NextGen Simple Mentoring resources to our church. The material is both research-driven and insightful, and it's presented in a clear, straightforward format that makes it easy to implement. I’m confident this will empower our student ministry volunteers to build stronger, more meaningful relationships with the younger generations we serve.”

    Jackson Prepolec
    Youth Pastor at Kensington Church Birmingham in Birmingham, MI

  • "NextGen Simple Mentoring is a game-changer for caring, but busy, adults who seek to make the most of their time with teenagers. By providing practical, easy-to-use, and safe tools, your church will support parents and mentors and maximize the time they’re already spending to develop deeper relationships and faith. Parents have the most influence on the rising generation, and NextGen Simple Mentoring gives them a path."

    David Eaton
    Axis Founder and CEO

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