New Discipleship Training this Fall | Applications due 9/15

Discipleship, Missions, Teaching | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This fall we’re rolling out two church wide discipleship training tracks: a 1-Year Gospel Leader track and a 2-Year Pastor/Church Planter Residency. You can get all of the information here.

WHY? At the very heart of Jesus’ commission to his church is the call to make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:18-20). Since that is Jesus’ aim for his church, that must be our aim as well. Disciples of Jesus are not made overnight, but forged over time. It is one thing to say we want to make disciples and plant churches, but it is another thing to actually have a strategy to do so. Our strategy for creating gospel-centered disciples includes our Sunday gathering, Cornerstone communities, Discipleship Groups and now, these two in-depth training tracks.

WHAT? Those participating in the Gospel Leader track will go through a mix of resources from Porterbrook (Gospel living, Reading God’s Story, MIssional Community LIfe, Apologetics), BILD (Book of Acts, Pauline Epistles, Sound Doctrine) and other reading over the course of three quarters (fall, winter, spring). The goal of the Gospel Leader track is to cultivate men and women with deep gospel fluency, understanding of the story of God, study of the Scriptures, missional living, and dynamics of personal change.

Those participating in the Pastor/Church Planter Residency will go through a mix of resources from BILD (Book of Acts, Pauline Epistles, Sound Doctrine, Interpreting the Word) in addition to carefully selected reading in the areas of gospel fluency, systematic and biblical theology, personal change, missional living, study of the Scriptures, preaching and more. The Residency will run for six quarters, taking a break over the summer. The goal of the Pastor/Church Planter Residency is to cultivate men who are passionate about Jesus Christ and who sense a future calling as a pastor/elder/planter within His church.

WHEN? Those participating in both tracks will meet once per week for approximately 2 hours, over the course of 10-12 week quarters. The majority of the time will be spent discussing the homework from that given week in huddles. The Gospel Leader track is currently slated to meet Sunday afternoons.  The meeting day/time for those participating in the Residency is currently TBD.

WHO? The Gospel Leader track is open to both men and women who desire to grow as followers of Jesus, whether at home, within the workplace, within the church or within your neighborhood. The Pastor/Planter Residency is open to men who sense a future calling as a pastor/elder/planter within His church. Note: We believe the Bible clearly teaches that the pastoral office is reserved for called, gifted, qualified men.

HOW?  To begin, please read all of the information provided regarding your chosen track and complete the “pre-registration” form. This helps us know who is interested. You will immediately receive the necessary application documents to be completed as you are able. Please note the deadline for applications is September 15th. 

Lastly, we want to ensure that anyone who feels led to participate is able to do so. Therefore, if you are in need of financial assistance, please indicate that within your application. If you would like to help scholarship those in need, we will be rolling out information to do that as well.

Please pray for this process and those involved. By God’s grace, may we make disciples, plant churches, serve the city and glorify our good God and King – until the earth is covered with the glory of God as the water cover the seas.

If you have any questions or concerns, whatsoever, please e-mail .

We’re stepping out in faith, with a deeply-rooted conviction that we are honoring Jesus by prioritizing the making of disciple-making-disciples.

Until the world knows,
Pastor Adam