Residency Program    
Pathways to Ministry
Wilshire encourages followers of Christ to listen for the call to vocational ministry. We want children, youth and young adults to view a calling to ministry as equally significant as a calling to medicine, law or business.

Pathways to Ministry is Wilshire's initiative to nurture the work of the Holy Spirit within the lives of motivated, interested and gifted young believers as they test their gifts and consider a calling to vocational ministry.

Wilshire's Pathways program includes these key elements:
Pastoral Residency and Music Residency

The flagship program of Wilshire's Pathways to Ministry provides two years of practical ministry and learning inside the church, much like a medical residency operates in a hospital. Currently the Pastoral Residency, funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, gives recent seminary or divinity school graduates an opportunity to apply and develop their training in a real world setting while working as a full-time minister under the supervision of the Senior Pastor. The Music Residency, under the supervision of the Minister of Music, provides the same kind of necessary expereince to a post-graduate musician who feels called to the local church.
Summer Internships
Opportunities for 10 weeks of hands-on work in local-church ministry focused on preschoolers, children, youth, single adults, music or missions, for college or seminary students.
YourCall
A vocational discernment program for high school students
CallAnswerers
an online community for those who are preparing for vocational ministry or seriously considering vocational ministry
CallNurturers
an online community for those who are committed to nurturing the call to ministry in others.
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Volunteer for Pathways
Click here to volunteer for the Pathways to Ministry Program
1st Residency Reunion
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Salt & Light
Click here to read an article by former Pastoral Resident Ann Bell Worley published on the Fund for Theological Education website.
Contact Information
Pathways to Ministry Administrator
Geri McKenzie 
214-452-3159
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