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    Lover of Life: F. W. Boreham's Tribute to His Mentor
    Lover of Life: F. W. Boreham's Tribute to His Mentor
    Lover of Life: F. W. Boreham's Tribute to His Mentor
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    Lover of Life: F. W. Boreham's Tribute to His Mentor

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    In Lover of Life the distinguished author Dr. F. W. Boreham draws back the curtain to pay tribute to one of his mentors, Joseph John Doke. This is a tantalizing sketch of a pastor, artist, author, who later in South Africa became a friend and freedom fighter with Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for the rights of minority races. Instead of offering a treatise on effective mentoring, F. W. Boreham, in his inimitable way, tells stories of how it worked for him and how pivotal such a relationship was in his own life and ministry. “It would be good if seminary and denominational leaders put this book into the hands of every seminary student and pastor who are embarking on a new mentoring relationship. This short story about the friendship between J. J. Doke and Frank and Stella Boreham provides a wealth of insight and a hopeful vision of what a mentoring relationship might become” (Dr. Geoff Pound).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateNov 22, 2013
    ISBN9780983287544
    Lover of Life: F. W. Boreham's Tribute to His Mentor
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    F. W. Boreham

    BOREHAM, FRANK WILLIAM (1871-1959), preacher and writer, was born on March 3, 1871 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, eldest child of Francis Boreham, solicitor's clerk, and his wife Fanny Usher. He was educated and was later a pupil-teacher at Grosvenor United School, Tunbridge Wells. In December 1884 he became junior clerk with a local brickworks where, in a locomotive accident, he lost his right foot, necessitating the life-long use of a stick. Late in 1887 he went to work as a clerk in London, becoming increasingly involved in church, debating and writing activities. Although his family was Anglican, he was baptized at Stockwell Old Baptist Church in 1890; he preached from pavement and pulpit and published "Won to Glory" in 1891. He was admitted to Spurgeon's College, London, in August 1892, serving as a student-minister at Theydon Bois, Essex, where he met Estella Maud Mary Cottee. In 1894 Boreham was called to the Scottish community at Mosgiel near Dunedin in New Zealand, and was inducted on March 17, 1895. Stella, then 18, followed to marry him at Kaiapoi on April 13, 1896. Boreham became president of the Baptist Union of New Zealand in 1902, and published "The Whisper of God and Other Sermons." He wrote editorials for the Otago Daily Times, contributed to theological journals and, as a keen temperance advocate, participated in liquor polls in 1905 and 1907. In June 1906 Boreham was called to the Baptist Tabernacle, Hobart. He edited the Southern Baptist and later the weekly Australian Baptist and in 1910 became president of the Tasmanian Baptist Union. His "George Augustus Selwyn" was published in 1911. He wrote a biographical series for the Hobart Mercury, which in 40 years covered 2000 persons; in 1912-59 he contributed 2500 editorials to the Mercury and the Melbourne Age. Boreham's 80 publications, including religious works, homiletic essays and novels, sold over one million copies.

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      Notes

      Foreword

      This is a tantalizing sketch of Joseph John Doke, a Baptist Minister, artist and author, who was born in 1861 and ministered in England, New Zealand and South Africa. It is the stirring account of a frail man who became a fighter against discriminating legislation and an advocate with Mahatma Gandhi in championing the freedom of Indians in South Africa. As well as serving as pastor of the Johannesburg Baptist church, Doke participated in protests, contributed to newspapers and had the distinction of writing the first biography of Mahatma Gandhi¹. In 1913 he visited Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) to explore a new development for the South African Baptist Missionary Society and died tragically on his way home.

      This book was published in 1948 and is sadly out of print and difficult to obtain. The decision was taken to republish this book, not only to highlight the remarkable story of J. J. Doke but to provide an illustration of an effective mentoring relationship.

      Nothing New about Mentoring

      Many people today speak about mentoring as if it is a new phenomenon about which contemporary leaders should be engaged. It has been called by different names (supervision, curacy, spiritual direction) but the practice has been around forever and was superbly practiced by J. J. Doke and F. W. Boreham. Instead of offering a treatise on effective mentoring, Boreham, in his inimitable way, tells stories of how it worked for him and how pivotal such a relationship was in his own life and ministry.

      Relationship Begins

      Like the man cured of leprosy that bothered to return to thank his Galilean healer, this book is Frank Boreham’s tribute to his mentor. This supervisory relationship was neither arranged by the seminary nor established by denominational leaders. The link was birthed in friendship. A year after Bore ham commenced his ministry in New Zealand his young fiancée from England’s Theydon Bois, arrived by ship in Christchurch. Boreham had asked the Rev J. J. Doke of the Oxford Terrace Baptist church to conduct the wedding and along with the help of J. J. North, who served as best man, the knot was tied.

      Pastoral Mentoring

      Pastoral care was the foundation and enduring element of the mentoring relationship. J. J. Doke forged a strong friendship with both Stella and Frank and regularly made the long trek (250 miles!) from Christchurch to Mosgiel to visit them on their home soil. The Borehams went through some difficult periods of depression and ill health when Stella almost died. The pastoral care exercised by Doke through his visits and his letters was a lifeline. On hearing the news of Doke’s untimely death in 1913 Boreham reflected, He married me and helped me in more ways than I can tell. His friendship in our New Zealand days is one of my most cherished memories.²

      Mentoring Based on Mutual Respect

      After a month of formal

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