Church Planting Residency Job Description
We are looking for an entrepreneurial, self-starter who is sensing a call to ordained ministry and to plant a church in Southern California. The ideal candidate is raring to go and looking to receive hands-on, paid experience in a fast-growing church.
About Us
Over the past five years, Vintage Pasadena has experienced strong and healthy growth, now encompassing:
- A community of 500 members
- Two morning services
- Weekly ministries serving over 100 children and youth
- Local outreach initiatives, including a weekly service for individuals experiencing homelessness
- Connections to international mission efforts
Our values are:
- Word & Spirit
- Intimacy with God
- Deep Community
- Loving Mission
We are part of the HTB network of churches and designated a resource church within the Diocese of C4SO, Anglican Church of North America. Our vision is to train high-caliber local leaders and equip them to plant churches in Southern California.
Who We Are Looking For
Someone with:
- A passionate love for Jesus and the local church
- Strong and proven leadership gifts
- A proven track record in starting or growing ministries
- A tested sense of call toward church planting
- Openness to, or experience with low church, charismatic Anglicanism
- A seminary grad (or nearing completion)
- A desire to plant a church in Southern California
What We Are Offering
A two-year, full-time paid residency position including:
- Genuine opportunities to participate in a wide range of ministries
- Real leadership opportunities
- Managing staff
- Preaching and leading services
- Leading ministries
- Performing baptisms, weddings and funerals
- Small group planning and coordination
- Budgeting and church finance
- One-on-one mentoring from our Senior Pastor
- Participation in a preaching cohort
- Regular meetings with a Spiritual Director
- Enrollment in C4SO’s Anglican foundations program
- Enrollment in HTB’s Accelerate church planting program
- Alpha Masterclasses
Our goal is that the residency will lead to ordination within the Anglican Church of North America.
What you will receive
- Full-time salary for two years including health benefits
- Financial assistance with moving
- Tuition assistance (if required)
- Support with visas if coming from abroad
Next steps
For more information, and to apply, please contact esidencies@vintagepasadena.com or visit www.vintagepasadena.com/church-planting