What are Mentoring Groups?
Mentoring Groups through Southern Seminary provide master’s level students with the opportunity for mentorship by a faculty member and fellowship with a small group of students throughout the semester. Faculty members provide spiritual support and counsel outside the classroom. The monthly meetings provide opportunity for relational development, encouragement, and prayer.
Why Join a Mentoring Group?
“Mentoring groups are among the richest experiences students and professors can have at seminary. Sharing your spiritual journey, your commitment to calling, your need for prayer, and your mutual love of Jesus with a professor and other students are powerful encouragements and opportunities for growth that sometimes mean more than the classroom. Don’t sacrifice the relational for the informational! Get in a mentoring group!”
– Dr. Hershael W. York, Dean of the School of Theology
“Learning to minister to God’s people is more caught than taught. Having faculty model care for you and your fellow students will not only encourage you in the short term, but also guide you in the long term. Let us know you while you get to know us.”
– Dr. Jeremy P. Pierre, Dean of the Billy Graham School
When are Mentoring Groups?
Fall 2025
August 27: 10:00am-11:00am
September 17: 10:00am-11:00am
October 29: 10:00am-11:00am
Spring 2026
January 28: 10:00am-11:00am
February 18: 10:00am-11:00am
March 25: 10:00am-11:00am
Faculty Available for Mentoring Groups
For On Campus Students:
- Dr. Gregg Allison
- Dr. Kyle Claunch
- Dr. Esther Crookshank (Women Only)
- Dr. Berry Driver
- Dr. Joe Harrod
- Dr. Timothy Paul Jones
- Dr. Colin McCulloch
- Drs. Keith McKinley & Kyle Brosseau
- Dr. Kaspars Ozolins
- Dr. Rob Plummer
- Dr. Andrew Walker
- Dr. Bruce Ware
- Dr. Stephen Wellum
- Dr. John Wilsey
- Dr. Shawn Wright
- Dr. Hershael York
For Online Students:
- Dr. Paul Akin
- Dr. Timothy Beougher
- Dr. T. J. Betts
- Dr. Roberto Carrera
- Dr. Duane Garrett
- Dr. Jim Hamilton
- Dr. Robert Jones
- Dr. Oren Martin
- Dr. Jonathan Pennington
- Dr. Jeremy Pierre
- Dr. Tom Schreiner
- Dr. John Trentham
- Dr. Matthew Westerholm
- Dr. Greg Wills