What do you understand by Mentoring?

Answer 1

From a religious perspective, Spiritual Mentoring is a learning process where a discipler or a more mature individual imparts to a younger individual or learner the basics of faith-building activities like praying, studying the word of God, evangelism or sharing one's faith to others, benevolence or giving to the needy, praying for the sick, visiting those in prison, and specially building a deep conviction or understanding on why these things are important to one's life. This involves doing together those activities in a regular basis, constant discipling, providing continuous exhortation, correction, and providing small challenges that allows the learner to build confidence along the way and finally be able to do it on his/her own.

A more informal but no less spiritual mentoring occurs when an emotionally mature individual recognizes their role as a mentor in general, and thus seeks to provide a more thoughtful response to, in this case, spiritual questions.

Answer 2

Mentoring should be a developmental process of relationship designed to enhance personal growth, to transfer knowledge and to inspire and motivate over an extended period of time. Mentoring provides support and guidance.

Answer 3

Mentoring is a dynamic relationship where a more experienced or knowledgeable individual (the mentor) provides guidance, advice, and support to a less experienced person (the mentee). The mentor shares expertise, helps the mentee set goals, and offers insight to assist in the mentee's personal and professional development.