The Pastoral Residency is a full-time, two-year program designed to provide immersive, hands-on ministry experience and intentional leadership development to prepare emerging leaders for long-term pastoral ministry. This program offers a robust combination of theological training, missional engagement, practical application, and mentorship to prepare the resident for a lifetime of faithful pastoral ministry. While the residency provides broad exposure to diverse facets of church ministry, there is a specific emphasis on preaching, teaching, leadership development, evangelism, and discipleship. The residency is intended to be a formative season of growth, allowing the resident to refine their calling, deepen their spiritual maturity, and develop the competencies required to lead a local church effectively. Kindly note, this job is for Men only as EFCA denomination is complementarian.
What began in the hearts of a few is now a passion and inspiration for the many. This is the story of God’s work in and through LifeSpring Community Church located in Spring Grove, Illinois. LifeSpring is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) – a movement of autonomous churches committed to the truth as we understand it in Scripture. LifeSpring is a community church. It has been and continues to be our desire to be a church of the community and for the community.