Announcing Jeff's Pastoral Residency

He’s Been The Church Intern. He’s Now a Pastoral Resident.

Jeff Schlieder has been serving for the past 8 months as the first intern at Sovereign Grace Church of Santa Ana. We’ve wondered if God has called Jeff to be a pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Santa Ana. And we believe it’s a task given to the local church to assess the calling and gifting of a potential pastor.

We Asked For Your Feedback - It Was All Positive

Now that we’ve heard from you, he’s officially moving from intern to resident. What does this mean? It means that his role in the church is transitioning from one in which the primary purpose was evaluation to one in which the primary purpose is preparation. During an internship, we’re saying, “we wonder if this man is called to pastoral ministry”. During a residency, we’re saying, “we believe that God is calling this man to pastoral ministry”. The next phase after this would be ordination, during which we would together declare, “this man is called by God to be a pastor of this church.”

Continue to pray for Jeff. Continue to give any feedback you might have. Rejoice in the work of God in him and in this church. Begin to look to Jeff as one the Lord has positioned to lead and shepherd this local flock of God in the near future.