What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residency Program position at BLOC Ministries?
About BLOC Ministries
BLOC Ministries is a community-focused urban ministry located in the heart of Cincinnati’s Price Hill. Our mission is to Build Relationships and Share Hope in Brokenness.
We live where we serve—our full-time ministry staff reside in the three Price Hill neighborhoods. This gives us a deep connection to the community. We know our neighbors because we share life with them. We shop at the same stores, our kids play together, and we experience the same challenges and joys of the neighborhood.
In short, our community is our mission field. Want to join us?
BLOC Residency Program
Our one-year missionary residency program recruits and develops future ministry leaders. It’s designed to address the unique challenges of ministry, such as support-raising, neighborhood living, and long-term commitment.
Program Overview:
- For recent college graduates, gap-year students, and short-term missionaries.
- Live in the neighborhood and support raise.
- Build spiritual, professional, and community-focused habits.
Structure:
- One-year commitment with the option to extend.
- Live and serve in the Price Hill community.
- Participate in a comprehensive development plan covering intellectual, spiritual, and professional growth. • Support raise with manageable expectations.
Program Timeline:
- June 1: 3 weeks of training and orientation.
- July-August: Support raising period.
- September: Hands-on orientation, choosing 2-3 focus programs with input from directors. • October: Settle into routines, formation/team building in the morning, program work in the afternoon/ evenings.
- Mid-December to Mid-January: Winter recess.
- February: Mid-year performance evaluations.
- May: Program completion, final evaluations, and future discernment (extend residency, transition to full-time BLOC role, or finish).
Fundraising:
- Raise $2,900/month ($500 for rent/utilities, $2,400 as salary).
- Minimum fundraising requirement, with potential to raise more.
- Residents will receive comprehensive training and then have two and a half months to support raise
Salary : $2,400 - $2,900
