What is a Lifestyle Mentor?

Project Hangout builds the church and reaches the unreached. We do that by training college and young adults how to be lifestyle mentors. We believe that God has made us all unique individuals with our own passions and desires.

We teach people to use their passions to develop relationships with the next generation. So lets say I like surfing. I need to surf every week just to feel alive - so I spend 2-3 hours a week surfing. Our model is to find a HS Student in the youth ministry that also likes to surf and to invite them along. Build that relationship. Disciple them. When there is a firm foundation their then explain to them how you want to help reach their friends. You have three more seats in your car when you go surfing - so you say I bet you have three friends at school that would love to come surfing. Over the next couple months you are now mentoring 3 people that would never step inside a church. The 5 of you are living life and you are loving on them connecting over coffee or bagels or mountain biking, painting, cooking, snowboarding - whatever it is. That is the gist of it (there is more).

There are benefits to becoming a lifestyle mentor that I can tell you about. Its really great. I'll be speaking at churches, so stay posted if you are interested in hearing more about it. Or we can talk via email or the phone. The (PH)one number is 714.602.1032 - or just press the call button on the blog. We are looking to partner with as many churches as we can to spread lifestyle mentorship - after all its how jesus worked. Maybe you and your church or University would be interested?
-Ryan Z