We believe the best church planters and missionaries are raised up within the life of the local church. That’s why we’ve built a clear pathway for churches and our ministry to work together to develop ministry leaders—from the pews to the mission field.

Our leadership pipeline creates intentional stages of growth.

  • Mission Teams
    Churches serve in our cities and begin developing a heart for the work happening here.

  • Internships
    Men and women explore a deeper call to ministry through hands-on service and learning.

  • Urban Missionaries
    Emerging leaders live on mission in real neighborhoods, building relationships and serving the community.

  • Church Planting Residency
    Future pastors receive theological training, mentorship, and hands-on preparation for ministry.

Our goal:
Identify, train, and send leaders to plant and strengthen churches in the forgotten places of New England.

Because we’re not just planting churches—
we’re raising the next generation of ministry leaders.

Where to begin?

  • The very first thing we want you to do is to see it! We want to show you our city, both the great need and the great opportunity. We hold an annual Vision Trip Weekender every May. These trips are a Friday - Monday, where you will go on neighborhood tours, develop relationships with church members, worship with one of our churches, and attend our annual Neighborhood Church Conference.

  • Once you have come for a visit, we want to ask you to make a commitment to partner with Neighborhood Churches, as a vital part of your church’s Great Commision efforts and strategy by committing to pray, to give, and to send.

  • Once your church has formally decided to partner in this capacity, we would love for you to schedule a Mission Trip on your calendar! We want your church to know ours, and our churches to know yours.

  • As your church visits on Mission Trips, we pray the Lord might call someone to serve alongside us in our forgotten communities. We invite men and women to explore vocational or bi-vocational ministry opportunities—whether as an Intern, Urban Missionary, or Church Planter.

    Opportunities include:

    • Church Member – Serve locally and be part of a gospel-centered community.

    • Internships (10 Weeks – 2 Years) – Men and women, young and old can come to gain hands-on ministry experience, theological training, and disciple-making skills while serving the city and church.

    • Urban Missionaries – Serve full-time in the city, leading outreach, building relationships, and supporting church planting efforts.

    • Church Planters – Men called to plant, establish, and shepherd healthy churches in underserved neighborhoods. Training focuses on spiritual vitality, leadership, disciple-making, and developing a Kingdom mindset.

    “Mission fields need missionaries. Could God be calling you to move, serve, and labor in forgotten neighborhoods?”

    Whether short-term or long-term, every role is designed to equip you to impact your community and grow spiritually, preparing you to make disciples wherever the Lord leads.

  • Finally, as all these elements come together, we are praying that it leads to planting churches in our forgotten neighborhoods. As your church comes year after year on Mission Trips, we pray that the Lord would burden your church for a particular neighborhood in our cities. And as He does, and as your church potentially sends Ministry Workers, we want to put them in the very neighborhoods that God has given your church a burden for, tilling the ground for your church to be part of a future church plant in that very neighborhood.

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