A Family Matter

The application and assessment process includes interaction between the applicant and several people across our faith family, not just the leadership team.

Upon acceptance, residents will be connected with a family gifted in hospitality to help them navigate the transition into our faith family. While residents will not live with the family, the family serves from the moment a resident is selected until they choose a Gospel Community to help ensure they are both welcomed and cared for in their transition into our faith family.

Upon arrival, residents will have the opportunity/expectation to visit and choose a Gospel Community to be a part of for the first year of the program. Once someone is part of a “GC,” they are a part of the family! Within GC life, residents will experience all the benefits and accountability that being a part of the faith family brings with it, including those who are committed to their spiritual, relational, physical, and financial health.

Application & Determination

• Pastoral Residency applications are open from February 1st to May 31st each calendar year. Applications are reviewed and interviews scheduled, or applicants are otherwise notified, within three weeks of application receipt.

• The final determination of acceptance into the Pastoral Residency Program is communicated to all remaining applicants by July 31st, with offer letters sent to the accepted resident(s) by August 15th.

Preparation & Beginnings

• Pre-program assessments, readings, and training (see below) are provided from September 1st – December 15th of the year prior to the residency’s start.

• Pastoral Residents begin on the second Monday of January, with a new resident introduction and dinner (or lunch) on the third Sunday of January.