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Creps, a pastor, consultant, and seminary professor has been particularly successful in outreach to baby boomers, postmodern and emergent social groups, and the current electronic generation. He argues that leaders whose hearts are pure but whose thumbs are not adept at text messaging should pay more attention to younger leaders, and should fully include them in ministry, including in liturgy, evangelization and social action. He urges older leaders to face reality, to acknowledge they are not relevant, to see beyond themselves, to build relationships beyond their peers, to learn evangelism from traditional outsiders, to build communication by learning from listeners, and to lead by learning from followers. He offers a full range of practical methods to build reverse-mentor relationships, including a case study. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Earl Creps is known for his work in connecting the younger generation of postmoderns with their Boomer predecessors. The author of Off-Road Disciplines, Creps, in this new book, takes up the topic of how older church leaders can learn from younger leaders who are more conversant with culture, technology, and social context. In addition to making the benefits of what he calls "reverse mentoring" apparent, he also makes it accessible by offering practical steps to implement this discipline at both personal and organizational levels, particularly in communication, evangelism, and leadership. Creps' new book is a topic of interest both inside and outside the church as older leaders realize that they're not "getting it" when it comes to technologies (iPod, IM, blogging) or cultural issues such as the fact that younger people see the world in an entirely different way. Creps has been personally involved in reverse mentoring for several years and has spoken and written on the subject extensively. He has pastored three churches (one Boomer, one Builder, on X'er) and is currently a church planter in Berkeley, California. He has also served as a consultant and and a seminary professor and administrator, holding a PhD in Communication Studies and a D.Min. from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.
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