Residency
About this role
Overview
The Apostolos Leadership Residency is a hands-on leadership development experience designed to identify, form, and send emerging leaders into meaningful ministry. Residents will be immersed in a healthy church environment where they will grow spiritually, develop leadership capacity, and gain real-world ministry experience.
This residency is built for individuals who sense a calling to ministry and are ready to be stretched, equipped, and deployed.
Purpose of the Residency
To develop leaders who are:
- Spiritually formed (deepening their relationship with Jesus)
- Practically equipped (able to lead in real ministry environments)
- Missionally sent (ready to serve where God calls them)
Core Components
1. Spiritual Formation
- Develop a consistent life with God (Scripture, prayer, rhythms)
- Participate in guided spiritual formation environments
- Engage in personal reflection and growth practices
- Receive pastoral care and mentorship
2. Leadership Development
- Participate in structured leadership training
- Learn principles of healthy church culture
- Develop communication, decision-making, and team leadership skills
- Build a personal leadership philosophy
3. Real-World Ministry Experience
- Serve in a specific ministry area under a Ministry Mentor
- Lead teams, environments, or initiatives
- Execute ministry assignments including:
- Leading a team meeting
- Recruiting and developing volunteers
- Teaching or leading devotionals
- Planning and executing a ministry event
- Designing ministry systems or processes
4. Coaching & Feedback
- Weekly check-ins with a Ministry Mentor
- Ongoing evaluation and developmental feedback
- Health tracking across key areas:
- Relational
- Physical
- Mental
- Spiritual (RPMS)
Key Responsibilities
- Fully engage in all residency environments and assignments
- Demonstrate initiative, ownership, and teachability
- Lead within assigned ministry area with excellence
- Build and invest in volunteer teams
- Participate in all required trainings, gatherings, and evaluations
- Maintain a posture of humility, growth, and alignment with church leadership
Qualifications
- Demonstrates a clear and growing faith in Jesus Christ
- Senses a calling toward ministry within the Church
- Teachable, humble, and willing to receive feedback
- Relationally healthy and able to work within teams
- Strong work ethic and willingness to take initiative
- Prior and consistent ministry involvement within the Church
- Participation in a Calling Lab/Discovery Weekend Experience
Time Commitment
- Part-Time or Full-Time pathways available
- Includes evenings and weekends (ministry environments)
- Participation in all scheduled residency gatherings and trainings is required
Program Elements
- Residency Launch Retreat
- Weekly Ministry Engagement
- Leadership Development Gatherings
- Biblical Foundations Cohorts
- Spiritual Formation Environments
- Ministry Mentor Coaching
- Midpoint and Final Evaluations
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