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Park Slope Presbyterian Church is part of the Brooklyn Church Project, which exists to embody the kingdom of God in the borough of Brooklyn through the formation of neighborhood churches.
Leadership development is the primary means of forming new
congregations and Brooklyn Church Project is privileged to have many
young leaders. Because the best way to learn about starting new
churches is to participate in a startup church, these congregations
have already welcomed numerous interns and assistant pastors. Park
Slope Presbyterian received John Sweet as a pastoral intern in 2004 and
Jamison Galt in 2006. Resurrection Presbyterian Church in Williamsburg
brought Chris Hildebrand on staff in 2005. Jedidiah Slaboda joined
Resurrection's staff as a pastoral intern in 2007.
The importance of leadership development is juxtaposed with the
financial challenges to young congregations. Because they cannot yet
afford multiple staff, these pastors and interns are responsible for
raising most, if not all, of their support. For this reason, Brooklyn
Church Project continues to raise financial support from people and
churches around the country who have a vision for reaching global
cities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
With these interns and assistant pastors, we hope to have churches in
new neighborhoods planted as soon as 2008 and in the years to follow. As
these churches begin worshipping, they will take on interns who will
help further the church-planting project in the future.