Deploy: Ministry Residency
The local church is God’s primary means of accomplishing His mission on earth. HVBC desires to see godly people raised up, equipped, and deployed into the ministry God has called them to fulfill. To that end, we would invite those called by God to join us in a 1 or 2 year residency to prepare for ministry and be sent out as elders, missionaries, or church planters. Each residency program will be tailored to an individual’s specific needs; please contact Pastor Chris with questions or to begin the process of applying.
Elders
Is God possibly calling you to local-church ministry as a future pastor-elder? Whether that might be at HVBC, another church, vocationally or in lay ministry, we desire to help you discern that calling and be equipped for wherever God may lead.
Church Planting
HVBC aims to be a church-planting church, deploying church planters and their teams to begin new work in Phoenix and all over North America. Join us for a residency to help you prepare the character, competencies, and convictions you need to successfully follow the Lord into church planting and church revitalization. HVBC partners with the North American Mission Board tto Prepare, Assess, Coach, and Equip church planters.
In 2022 our first church planting residency began and in 2023 they launched as Grace of Prescott Valley, meeting weekly on Sundays at 4pm.
International Missions
HVBC currently has 2 missionary units serving overseas, totaling 5 members of our church, on 2 different continents. We primarily partner with the Internation Mission Board, but can work to help deploy you with other like-minded, gospel-centered missions agencies. A residency program can help you sharpen your skills such as evangelism and discipleship as well as prepare you for the cross-cultural life of taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.