PASTORAL RESIDENT APPLICATION PROCESS

 APPLICATION DETAILS

Create your application document with the following details. The document should be single-spaced and not exceed ten pages in length. Email final document to dave@cotcboston.org, along with a resume (or CV), cover letter, and two sermon or teaching audio or video files. We will select one applicant per 3-year cycle. (See application deadlines below.)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Your Name

  • Address/City/State/Zip

  • Phone Number(s)

  • Preferred Email Contact

  • Graduation Date from seminary

  • Degree Program and Emphasis (if applicable)

  • Current Employer (if applicable)

  • Tell us about yourself

COMPETENCE

  • List your educational background.

  • Tell us about any awards you have received throughout your educational experience.

  • List your work experience.

  • Describe any previous pastoral, leadership, and/or entrepreneurial experience.

  • What experience do you have in cross-cultural ministry and racial reconciliation, healing and justice?

  • Are you currently ordained? If so, in what tradition? If you are not already ordained in the Anglican Communion, are you willing?

  • Briefly describe your approach to pastoral ministry.

  • How would you describe your strengths and weaknesses?

CHARACTER

  • Tell us about your journey of faith. Make sure to describe: how you came to know the Lord Jesus Christ, your baptism, and significant encounters or experiences with God.

  • How have you been involved in your local church – past and present?

  • Have you ever been disciplined or dismissed from a Christian congregation or denomination? If so please explain.

  • Please describe your experiences serving under spiritual authority in the past. Have you ever been denied or removed from an ordination or credentialing process with another Christian congregation or denomination? If so, then please explain.

  • Briefly describe your current spiritual life. Include spiritual disciplines and any factors that are important for your ongoing growth in Christ’s kingdom.

  • What is something you have learned recently from the Word of God?

  • Read any good books lately? Tell us about one or two of them. (Exclude the Bible on this answer.)

  • What do you like to do for fun?

CALLING

  • Tell us about your sense of calling, particularly as it relates to ordained ministry. Where and how do you sense God is directing you to serve Him?

  • How have previous ministry positions and others affirmed your sense of calling? Do you believe that you are wired for a particular pastoral role (e.g. church planting, revitalization, senior pastor, etc.)?

  • If you are married, please have your spouse respond to the following questions: Do you agree with and support your spouse’s sense of calling to ordained ministry? Are you of one mind and heart regarding your spouse’s choice of our particular Christian tradition, i.e. Anglican Christianity? How have you been impacted by your spouse’s ministry? If you have children, how have your children been impacted by your spouse’s ministry?

THE Anglican way

  • In your opinion, what are the benefits of worship in the Prayer Book tradition? What concerns do you have? How do you feel about vestments in worship? Should infants be baptized or dedicated? Should children be allowed to receive communion?

  • Carefully read the Thirty-Nine (39) Articles of Religion and the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration (at www.gafcon.org). List and explain any reservations or exceptions you may have with these documents or the standards they explicitly reference.

REFERENCES

  • Please provide five references able to give an objective evaluation of your character, pastoral competencies, and family life, including at least one recent supervisor, two laypersons, and a recent coworker.

APPLICATION TIMELINE

APPLICATION/REFERENCES DUE
January 20th, 2024

INTERVIEWS
February 2024

RESIDENT SELECTION DATE
March 2024

RESIDENCY YEARS
July 2024–June 2027