International Residency
The International Residency exists to Glorify God and serve others by cultivating missional lifestyles in next generation leaders through an immersive experience centered on cross cultural housing, spirit led ministry, and reproducible discipleship.
Intentional Housing
Each resident will reside in the heart of Clarkston, GA, the most diverse square mile in the U.S., with over 100 nationalities represented. The Clarkston area represents a strategic cross cultural location for training, sending, and discipling.
Spirit Led Ministry
Residents will be encouraged to live a “Shema Lifesyle” to pursue God with all of their heart, mind, soul, and strength. From that place of intimacy, effective and spirit empowered ministry flows out.
Reproducible Discipleship
Residents will learn Biblical, reproducible, kingdom principles that are being used all over the world to see Cousins come into the kingdom.
Dates
Residency Starts mid August and ends mid May.
Cross Cultural Experiences
Short term experiences are an extension of our long term partnerships across the world. Instead of going broad we have chosen invest in a few quality, long-term opportunities that allow our church to reflect God’s design for mission. We value going as humble learners, incarnationally present in the communities we serve, holistic in our methods, led by those who have the best understanding of the area- the locals, strategically allocating our funds and resources to areas the is no Kingdom witness.
E.P.I.C: Israel / Palestine
During EPIC (Encountering People In Context), we aim not only to learn about the Holy Land’s history but how we could impact its present and future. Our group, led by the Jesus and the Qur’an teaching team, will tour, train, and – most importantly – talk with Christians, Jews, and Muslims in their own context about Jesus, His Kingdom, and lasting peace. Already we have seen this trip radically transform lives (including our own), and we expectantly invite you to join us.
Population: Israel: 8.3 Million // Palestine: 2.7 Million
Languages: Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), Arabic, English (widely understood)
Religion: Israel: Jewish 74.7%, Muslim 17.7%, Christian 2% // Palestine: Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5%