8 Keys to Starting and Funding a Residency

We were thrilled to sit with Rick Riddering, the Residency Director of Faith Church in Dyer, Indiana, and talk about how they launched a residency at this multi-site church.

They are looking for their ninth resident to join their team! Click the image below to listen in on this 15 minute conversation.

P.S. If you are watching the video (not just listening) we know there are some video gaps that couldn’t get fixed; however, the audio is solid… or listen on Apple or Spotify

Rick spent time in higher ed and business in HR/training before joining the staff of a multi-site church Faith Church in the suburbs of Chicago.

Highlights of our talk:

  1. He came in with guns blazing (4:19)

  2. Recruiting and found five but had no budget!

  3. How it got funded: It’s critical to tell a compelling story (7:06)

  4. The donors had seen the failures of other networks

  5. Expect people to not understand (9:50) because we are behind.

  6. Every church has people of means, position your message accordingly.

  7. Find partners not just funders (11:55) this could be a host home and other things that are not necessarily financial.

  8. Do what you do best and outsource the rest.

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