Residency
NewThing Leadership Residency Program
NewThing was started with one purpose: to catalyze a movement of
reproducing churches. In order for a reproducing movement to happen, we
are asking God to help us send out the right people to start brand new
reproducing churches and campuses. We are calling these "right people"
Leadership Residents. In fact, we are challenging every one of our 100
NewThing sites to have at least 1 Leadership Resident, Per Church, Per Year.
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Leadership Residency is an invaluable experience for a leader preparing
to launch a new church. The opportunity to remove yourself from your
current context and immerse yourself in a reproducing church culture is
priceless. Many of our Residents have significant ministry experience
and have families with children, and yet they will be the first to tell
you that this is one of the most important investments they have made in
their ministry.
So what does a NewThing Leadership Residency include? Good question!
- A coaching relationship with a Lead Pastor or Campus Pastor.
- A personal coach through Intentional Impact.
- Development of Big Idea Adults, Students, Kids and Arts creative content.
- Application of tools like: Apprentice Field Guide, Coaching Field Guide, Jesus Mission Journal and more.
- Networking opportunities through NewThing Gatherings, Exponential. Conference, and other hosted events by NewThing.
- Apprentice, lead and reproduce a small group.
- Provide point leadership to a particular ministry of interest.
- An opportunity to take advantage of a 25% discount on a Wheaton College M.A.
- A Residency that can take place at any NewThing Church in places like: Boston, New York, Chicago, Paris France, L.A., Detroit, Philippines - all over the world!
To inquire more about NewThing's Leadership Residency program simply click here so we can get to know you better.
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1 Resident >> Per Site >> Per Year
NewThing's goal is to have one Leadership Resident, per site, per year. After 2 years of staying focused on this goal we now have 37 Residents across all our NewThing sites. Not only that, in the next 6 months 70% of our sites are launching through a Leadership Resident.- A coaching relationship with a Lead Pastor or Campus Pastor
- A personal coach through Intentional Impact
- Online training through Daily Digital
- Development of Big Idea Adults, Students, Kids and Arts creative content
- Application of tools like: Apprentice Field Guide, Coaching Field Guide, etc.
- Networking opportunities through NewThing Gatherings, Exponential Conference, and other hosted events by NewThing.
- Apprentice, lead and reproduce a small group
- Provide point leadership to a particular ministry of interest
- An opportunity to take advantage of a 25% discount on a Wheaton College M.A. of our choice
- A Residency can take place at any NewThing Church in places like: Boston, New York, Chicago, Paris France, L.A., Detroit, Philippines - all over the world!!
Leadership Resident to Start NEW Campus in TN
Rob Hartley, and wife Danielle, jumped into a NewThing Leadership Residency at Crossings Church in Knoxville TN. Rob's apprenticeship took place with Mark Nelson, Lead Pastor at Crossings Church. Rob's residency has prepared him to launch a new Campus through Crossings Church that starts in just a few weeks! If you are wanting to jump into this growing reproducing church movement then you too should become a Leadership Resident. Send me an email at
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Leadership Resident from Brazil
With a vision to catalyze a movement of reproducing churches, NewThing isn't just thinking that for the states. In fact, we have network of churches located in the Philippines, launching our first reproducing church in Paris, France and Haiti and now we are venturing into South America.
Today I'm meeting with the Leadership Resident, Eduardo Rodriguez, who is making all that possible. Eduardo and his wife Cybelle, 18 month old Samuel, moved to Chicago for 10 months to do a Leadership Residency with NewThing at COMMUNITY, birthplace of NewThing. Eduardo's big dream is to plant a church that is on mission to plant more churches that restore, reproduce and reach out to those who are far from God. What a great journey God is taking us down together.
If you'd like to learn more about how a Leadership Residency can help you plant a reproducing church, check out the info on the right or send me an email today at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Exponential Book Affirms Leadership Residency
Church-Planting Lesson 2: Don't Skip a Leadership Residency.
A leadership residency is an invaluable experience for a leader preparing to launch a new church. The opportunity to remove yourself from your current context and immerse yourself in a reproducing church culture is priceless. Many of our residents have significant ministry experience and have families with children, and yet they will be the first to tell you that this costly and time-consuming step on their journey to planting a church is more than worthwhile.
Brian Moll, Lead Pastor of Forefront Church in NY (former NewThing Leadership Resident), will tell you that he initially questioned the value of the time he would spend at COMMUNITY, a NewThing Church. "At first I thought of it more as a 'detox' before I jumped on the church-planting bandwagon," says Brian. "But soon after landing at COMMUNITY, I discovered that the next seven months were going to be critical for the success of a healthy church in New York."
Brian describes one of the lessons he learned from his residency this way: "I learned the priority of reproduction. Leaders reproduce--they reproduce Christ followers, artists, leaders, small groups, celebration services, campuses and churches throughout their city and around the world. Without strong leadership and a firm grasp of the value of reproduction, churches begin to grow stale and get desperate or die (or in most cases, both). One of the most critical values I took with me as I journeyed east to New York was that the health of our church was dependent on our ability to reproduce at all levels."