Church Planting Resident
Job Description
1) Accomplish the completion of the Residency curriculum: books, assignments, ministry preparation, ordination preparation. 2) Act as additional pastoral staff in the host city and at the Host church: preaching, evangelism, discipleship, leadership, and pastoral care. 3) Help lead a specific ministry area for Host church, subject to the resident’s competencies and Host church’s needs. 4) Strategize with Host church leadership to start a ministry from scratch. 5) Assist participating churches in their global mission ministry, in order to learn more about worldwide church planting. 6) Attend the requisite staff meetings at the Host Church. 7) Weekly participation in the worship services (or their equivalent) of the Host church. 8) Other duties as assigned.
About the Organization
The EPC Presbytery of the Southeast has developed a church planting network that will seek more Southeast region (USA) based church plants as an evangelism strategy. A part of this strategy is recruiting, developing, and sending out new church planters from this residency program, which is designed for 1-3 years, depending upon the resident. Current Host Churches include Church of the Redeemer in Alcoa, TN (metro Knoxville) and Water Stone Church in Smyrna, GA (metro Atlanta).
Qualifications
1) Has an ongoing and active relationship with Jesus Christ. 2) Wholeheartedly affirms the Essentials of the Faith of the EPC (found here: www.epc.org/essentials). 3) Believes the Westminster Standards to contain the system of doctrine as found in the Scriptures. 4) Wholeheartedly affirms the vision and values of the Host Church. 5) A clear call to pastoral ministry 6) A church planter’s assessment (prior to or concurrent to the interview process) 7) Inspires trust and confidence in others 8) Knows computer basics with respect to online file-sharing web programs and applications. 9) The ability to fulfill the EPC's academic standards required for ordination.
