Our vision is to catalyze a church planting movement across Chicagoland.
Every year we take church planting (or re-planting) couples through a one-year high-investment, high-return experience that catalyzes their health and fruitfulness as planters. In addition to raising up internal candidates from within our family of churches, we partner with couples from like-minded churches who share our vision of planting gospel-centered multiplying churches.
We offer Residency in English and Spanish. Our English residency is done from our Orland Park campus. Our Spanish residency is done at our Chicago campus in partnership with Send Network Espanol.
Residency begins January 1 and ends in December. We begin considering candidates in August.
Application → Approval → Residency → Assessment → Plant
To inquire, fill out our Church Planter Interest Form and someone from our staff will follow up with you.
After you apply and are approved, you will begin the Ashburn Church Planting residency. Residency is not an internship. It is a highly intentional leadership experience for experienced pastors who want to make the greatest impact they can make in church planting. You will be poured into by seasoned coaches and mentors who are invested in your success. By experiencing gospel-centered culture, you’ll be better equipped to plant a gospel movement in your city. As a resident, you will have the opportunity to be connected to our network of supporting and sending churches.
After you complete the residency, you will be assessed through NAMB and approved to plant a church.
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Launching December 2025.
Not everyone is called to lead a church plant, but maybe God is calling you to use your spiritual gifts to help us plant another church. Apply to serve on a launch team.
Maybe you can’t go, but you would like to give. Your generosity helps fuel the mission of God as we seek to take the message of the Gospel to every community.
