Mentoring That Matters: Building Christ-centered Relationships Across the Journey of Medicine by Exploring the Vows of Effective Mentoring
Bethany Taylor joins host Dr. Mike Chupp for a conversation on the vital role of Christ-centered mentoring in healthcare, recorded live during a breakout session at the 2026 CMDA National Convention. They discuss the biblical foundation for investing in the next generation, what healthy mentoring relationships look like from both the mentor’s and mentee’s perspective, and why intentional discipleship is essential for Christian healthcare professionals. Whether you’re an experienced clinician looking to pour into others or a student or trainee seeking godly guidance, this episode offers encouragement and practical steps for building mentoring relationships that leave a lasting Kingdom impact.
If this episode stirred something in you today, don’t let it stay there. We urge you to pray about it. Reach out to a student. Say “yes” to a conversation. Check out our resources at: cmda.org/mentoring.
If CMDA’s mission resonates with you, we want to invite you to go even deeper. Healthcare professionals across the country are stepping up and becoming lifetime members at a record pace, and we’d love for you to join them. Becoming a lifetime member is more than renewing a subscription. It is a declaration that your faith and your calling are permanently connected – that you are all in for the mission to bring the hope and healing of Christ to the world and to champion the next generation of believers in healthcare. If you are ready to make that commitment, visit cmda.org/lifetime to learn more and take that step today. https://cmda.org/lifetime
This dynamic course, Mentoring with a Coach Approach, will equip you with innovative tools, resilience-building strategies, and a coaching mindset to transform mentoring relationships and inspire personal and professional growth.
2 Day Intensive:
September 25, 2026 from 5PM-8PM EST. Content is sessions 1-2
September 26, 2026 from 10AM-5PM EST. Content is sessions 3-5
This event is CE Eligible
Mentoring and Discipleship Commission
The mission of the Mentoring and Discipleship Commission is to build an active community of Christ followers focused on impacting the spiritual and professional identity formation of healthcare trainees by:
- Creating resources for effective Christian mentorship and discipleship.
- Training and equipping established Christian healthcare professionals to effectively engage in mentoring and discipleship.
- Fostering opportunities for organic relationship building between established healthcare professionals and trainees.
- Advocating for and advancing spiritual issues in medical training environments.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Bethany Taylor is a fourth-year medical student graduating in May 2026 with a calling to family medicine and a special emphasis on women’s health. Before entering medicine, she spent decades engaged in short-term missions, community development and global health projects across East Africa, where she later conducted research on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and founded a non-profit supporting vulnerable women and children. A mother of five and lifelong advocate for underserved communities, Bethany integrates faith, compassion and cross-cultural experience into her approach to medicine. She brings the perspective of a mentee shaped by deeply transformative, Christ-centered mentorship throughout her nontraditional path to becoming a physician.
