Christ Community Resident

South Elgin, Illinois, United States | Human Resources | Full-time | Partially remote

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Job Description 

The Christ Community Residency is a two-year leadership development program for emerging leaders who feel called to vocational church ministry and is designed to give hands-on ministry experience, personal mentoring, and leadership training to equip future church leaders for a lifetime of ministry significance.

Areas of Ministry Training 

  • Next-Gen
  • Creative Arts
  • Outreach 
  • Discipleship
  • Multi-Site Leadership 
  • Church Business (HR/Operations/Finance)

Program Breakdown

  • Resident invests 30-35 hours weekly at the campus and ministry to which they’ve been assigned. 
  • Resident receives 5-10 hours a week in coaching, church culture experiences, and personal development.
  • Resident is assigned a one-on-one coach for weekly mentorship, training, development, and oversight.
  • Resident is given real and significant leadership ownership over the course of 2 years to prepare them to carry full-time ministry weight.
  • Resident is coached through future job placement.

Residency Areas of Development: Residency covers seven elements of church leadership development in three phases.

  1. Ministry Experience
  2. Leadership Coaching 
  3. Personal Development
  4. Theological Training
  5. Evangelistic Growth
  6. Church Organization/Culture
  7. Evaluations/Feedback

Phase 1:  Orientation phase - During this phase, the resident coach ensures that the resident becomes a functioning member of the church staff and their ministry team. This includes onboarding training in all systems, shadowing members of the team, weekly one-on-one mentoring meetings, etc.

Phase 2: Maturation Phase - During this phase, the resident actively serves on a ministry team (out front, leading, shepherding, and developing others). Leadership assignments align with gifting, passion areas, and ministry needs. Learning to lead through volunteers. Development coaching in areas that need personal development.

Phase 3: Completion Phase - During this phase, the residents will begin to delegate their responsibilities to volunteer leaders they have trained. They will start working on their resume and job search skills to secure a vocational ministry role. One-on-one coaching continues with the residency mentor.