Church Planting Resident: Presbytery of the Southeast

General Information

Job Title:

Church Planting Resident: Presbytery of the Southeast

Job Description:

1. Accomplish the completion of the Residency curriculum: books, assignments, ministry preparation, ordination preparation.
2. Act as additional pastoral staff in the host city and at the Host church: preaching, evangelism, discipleship, leadership, and pastoral care.
3. Help lead a specific ministry area for Host church, subject to the resident's competencies and Host church's needs.
4. Strategize with Host church leadership to start a ministry from scratch.
5. Assist participating churches in their global mission ministry, in order to learn more about worldwide church planting.
6. Attend the requisite staff meetings at the Host Church.
7. Weekly participation in the worship services (or their equivalent) of the Host church.
8. Other duties as assigned.

Position 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.

Application Deadline

07/01/2026

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

$55k-$70k

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Presbytery of the Southeast

Contact Name & Contact Info

Industry

Church

Denomination

Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)

City, State

Smyrna, GA

Description of Organization

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, dependent 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).

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