Pastoral Resident

Purpose: to work with the Pastor and leadership in shepherding and discipling the members and neighbors of Deep Run Church—organizing, administering, and developing its worship, nurture, and witness—while maturing as a healthy, upcoming pastoral leader in Christ’s church.

Introduction: Deep Run Church’s historical “DNA” reveals traits of leadership-development and next-gen investment that complement the Made to Flourish organization’s vision of developing churches as “training hospitals” for future ministry leaders.  Pastor Brian LoPiccolo for years has mentored Christians who became lay leaders in churches, vocational pastors, or college campus-ministers. Now we are partnering with Made to Flourish in developing future senior leaders, by equipping them through a two-year Residency with us, then helping them launch into sustainable ordained ministry in the broader church.

Summary: the Pastoral Resident will gain practical ministry experience under the primary mentoring of the Senior Pastor, and will enhance the staff’s pastoral ministry to the congregation and local community. The Pastoral Residency Program aims to help a developing or future pastor mature holistically as 1) a man for God’s own heart, 2) a shepherd for God’s own people, and 3) a missionary for a lost world.