Church Planting Resident

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:

• Has an ongoing and active relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Wholeheartedly affirms the Essentials of the Faith of the EPC (found here: www.epc.org/essentials).
• Believes the Westminster Standards to contain the system of doctrine as found in the Scriptures.
• Wholeheartedly affirms the vision and values of the Host Church.
• A clear call to pastoral ministry
• A church planter’s assessment (prior to or concurrent to the interview process)
  Inspires trust and confidence in others
• Knows computer basics with respect to online file-sharing web programs and applications.
• A Bachelor’s degree is mandatory. Concurrent or completed graduate level studies within the EPC’s educational standards.