Ministerial Leadership
A broad foundation for emerging leaders serving across discipleship, groups, youth, worship, outreach, and operations.
30 credits
Church residency programs
Develop leaders from within the life of your church.
Turn real ministry responsibility, trusted mentoring, and college-level learning into a residency that prepares emerging leaders for durable service.
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The next generation needs more than access to ministry. They need a pathway.
Churches often see leadership potential long before a young leader knows how to name it. The challenge is creating enough structure, coaching, and learning to turn that potential into readiness.
Eleven:6 helps your church design a residency around its theology, culture, leaders, and ministry opportunities—while adding the academic architecture and operational support needed to make it sustainable.
Assess your residency pathway
How ready is your church residency to develop leaders?
Identify what is clear, what needs attention, and the next priorities for an effective, sustainable church residency and leadership pathway.
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Quick-launch program tracks
A proven starting point. Built around your context.
Start with the leadership lane that best fits your church, then customize assignments, mentoring, and ministry practice.
Pastoral Leadership
A focused pathway combining biblical and theological learning with supervised pastoral practice and leadership formation.
30 credits
How partnership works
Design. Develop. Deploy.
Your ministry remains at the center. Eleven:6 supplies the structure and support that turn a strong idea into a program people can understand, deliver, and improve.
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Design
Clarify the audience, outcomes, program promise, learning model, calendar, and academic options.
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Develop
Build curriculum, experiences, mentor rhythms, assessment, operations, and the materials needed to recruit well.
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Deploy
Launch with your team, support delivery, listen to learners, and strengthen the program over time.
Why ministries build with us
A program that serves people and strengthens the mission.
Boost recruiting
Give emerging leaders a compelling, clearly defined way to learn and serve inside your church.
Elevate outcomes
Set expectations for formation, skill, feedback, and responsibility rather than relying on exposure alone.
Build a pipeline
Create a repeatable path from promising participant to prepared ministry leader.
From the front lines
The measure is what changes in people and ministries.
“It was a great year of learning, growth, and stretching for me. I think I learned more, grew more and was stretched more these past few months than I have ever been. I enjoyed learning by going through the classes and I loved my placement.”
“Eleven:6 has been incredibly helpful and easy to work with throughout the entire process. We were able to launch our ministry residency program in just a few months and have benefited greatly from the addition of residents to our ministry.”
Practical questions
What ministries ask before they begin.
What is a church residency?
A church residency is a structured season of ministry practice, mentoring, leadership development, and learning inside a local church. The exact role, duration, and compensation are set by the church.
Are residents paid?
Compensation varies by church and program. Some residencies are paid roles, some include housing or other support, and others are educational experiences. Those terms should be stated clearly before recruiting.
Can a residency include college credit?
Some residency designs can connect to credit-bearing courses or degree pathways. The university controls admission, tuition, credit, transfer, and degree requirements.
How long does it take to launch?
A focused design can often move from discovery to launch within a few months. Staffing, academic options, recruiting, and the church calendar determine the final timeline.
Your mission, multiplied
Turn leadership potential into a durable pathway.
Bring your vision, your questions, and what your ministry already does best. We’ll help you see the clearest next step.
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