Do you sense a call to church planting?
The Association of Hill Country Churches is looking to assess, train, and send future church- planters to start healthy, reproducing churches across Greater Austin. The churches within our movement have established a 24-month paid residency for future planters. In addition, every church-planting resident is required to raise funds to support their church plant. The residency is divided into two equal parts: 12 months as 80% staff member / 20% church planter and 12 months as 20% staff member / 80% church planter.
Full-time ministry often requires more than 40 hours a week. However, the resident will be careful to stay attentive to the most important areas of his life. A personal devotional life is expected to be vibrant. Commitment to prayer, Scripture, and other spiritual disciplines are expected. Along with this, sacrifice, care for, and full commitment to one’s family must remain a high priority.
Here is a high-level overview of weekly responsibilities while in residency:
Year 1
Year 2
Part of our assessment process is evaluating the planter and matching the resident to the right sending church within our movement. Final details related to compensation, start date, ministry responsibilities, and launch timeline will be determined by the sending church pastor and elder board.
During residency, church planters will be given leadership of important ministries and asked to start new initiatives for the sending church. In order to receive final approval to launch, planters are required to hit certain metrics lined out by their sending church in the areas of (1) building prayer support, (2) recruiting a missional core team, (3) active evangelistic outreach, (4) leadership development, and (5) raising financial support.
The AHCC is looking for church planters with a clear call from God, growing Christ-like character, and the necessary competencies for the work. If you are interested in being a church planter with our network, you can submit your resume and application at https://www.cognitoforms.com/AHCC1/ChurchPlantResidentApplication
The Association of Hill Country Churches (AHCC) is a dynamic network of 26 churches located in the Greater Austin region of Central Texas. Birthed from the initial church-planting efforts of Hill Country Bible Church Austin in 1996, the movement now includes multiple 3rd and 4th generation churches. The AHCC started as a relational collaboration of evangelistic Bible churches that were committed to making disciples, planting churches, and partnering with like-minded ministries. In 2016, the leadership of the movement formally organized the AHCC into a separate non-profit with its own board of directors, budget, and strategic plan. In 2021, the AHCC hired several part-time staff to help care for existing churches and resource additional church-planting. In 2023, five church-planting residents are embedded across the movement and more AHCC churches are looking for future church-planters to equip, support, and send.
