HOPE Resident

Hope Church•Richmond, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

HOPE Residents is a leadership development community committed to cultivating and commissioning future missional leaders to fulfill Christ's calling. Residents are embedded in the life of Hope Church in Richmond, Virginia. A HOPE Resident experiences a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic local church, with a specific focus on planning and leading in a particular ministry focus area. Residents will be integral to the selected ministry team, actively engaging in discipleship, care, teaching, and leadership, while also receiving intentional mentorship and exposure to various aspects of church ministry. The residency is designed as a progressive, hands-on experience in which residents assume increasing ministry responsibility while growing in theological knowledge, leadership capacity, and spiritual maturity. Upon completion, residents will be prepared to pursue vocational ministry, church leadership, church planting, missions, or other forms of Christian leadership wherever God calls them.

Requirements

Growing in a committed relationship with Jesus
Recent college graduate with an Associate's or Bachelor’s degree
Sensing a call toward vocational ministry
Demonstrates humility, teachability, and a desire for growth

Responsibilities

Planning and leading in a particular ministry focus area
Actively engaging in discipleship, care, teaching, and leadership within the selected ministry team
Receiving intentional mentorship and exposure to various aspects of church ministry
Assuming increasing ministry responsibility
Growing in theological knowledge, leadership capacity, and spiritual maturity
Maintaining a part-time job outside of HOPE to build relationships and engage the surrounding community (Year 1)
Supplemental income through fundraising (Year 2)