12Stone Residency Program

The 12Stone Residency is a two-year pastoral leadership development program for emerging leaders who feel called to vocational church ministry and is to give hands-on ministry experience, personal coaching and leadership training to equip future church leaders for a lifetime of ministry impact. Find out more at ChurchResidency.com 

Areas of Ministry Training 

• Children’s Ministry
• College Ministry 
• Creative 
• Marketing and Communications
• Outreach 
• Production
• Spiritual Formation
• Student Ministry 
• Worship 

Program Breakdown

• Each Resident invests 29 hours per week at the Campus and Ministry they’ve been assigned
• Each Resident is assigned a full-time Pastor at 12Stone as a  one-on-one Coach for weekly coaching, training, development and oversight 
• Each Resident is given real and significant leadership ownership over the course of 2 years to prepare them to carry full-time ministry weight
• Each Resident is provided with a host home for the entirety of the 2-year program
• Each Resident is provided with the opportunity to earn their Master’s Degree in Church Ministry for free as a part of their leadership development 
• Each Resident is coached through future job placement and connected to opportunities for full-time ministry all over the country 

Qualifications 

• Clear calling to full-time Church Ministry 
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, life and ministry experience will be considered 

Subject to the Constitution of the United States and all applicable state and federal laws, 12Stone Church does not discriminate in the administration and dissemination of its programs and services.