The Trinity Leadership Fellows Program is for individuals seeking to deepen the faith-inspired and values-driven mindsets and skills needed to effectively lead organizations and serve communities in contemporary society, while also building lifelong supporting peer and mentoring relationships. This non-residential, fully funded program will provide faith-driven community leaders—as well as ordained leaders across faith traditions—with the skills needed empower their congregations and communities in ways that heal divides and disrupt injustice, as compelled by the Spirit and the Gospel. Fellows will build life-changing relationships with like-minded peers who share the passion for faith-driven leadership that produces positive change in our world.
You will be able to save this application and continue to work on it after. While the application does not allow you to move to the next page until you have answered all required questions, it will allow you to go back to edit previous answers.
This application will require the following:
- A short resume of no more than 2 pages in Word or PDF format to be uploaded
- Responses to the following 3 questions
- Your biographical profile in 100 words or less. This is the type of profile included for staff websites or conference attendees. If you are selected as a Trinity Leadership Fellow, this profile will be used publicly so only include details that you would want to share with a wider audience. Please write this in the third person. Consult the <a href="https://trinitywallstreet.org/stories-news/announcing-2023-trinity-leadership-fellows-cohort">Trinity Leadership Fellows website</a> for examples.
- Describe a specific instance when you supported or led a group in 200 words or less. This is a specific instance when you supported or led a group of people (a congregation, a group of employees/co-workers, a group of volunteers) through an effort to address a challenge, create something new, or build on an opportunity. The focus should be on your role, your interpersonal skills, and your faith as elements in the success of the endeavor.
- Referring to but not repeating the example above, describe your journey as a faith leader in 500 words or less. Describe your leadership journey as shaped by your faith. Please conclude your essay with 2-3 sentences describing what you hope to bring to and take away from the Trinity Leadership Fellows experience and how you hope to grow over the course of the fellowship. The following questions may inform your response: What aspects of your faith inspire/motivate/sustain you to lead? How does your faith shape your interpersonal skills and the ways you work with others to set and achieve common goals? What have you sacrificed or minimized to stay true to your faith in leadership roles? What aspect of your faith or values makes you an effective leader? Your responses must be grounded in specific examples from your work, volunteer work, and/or ministry, examples that you think your references will also note.
Trinity Leadership Fellows Application
The Trinity Leadership Fellows Program is for individuals seeking to deepen the faith-inspired and values-driven mindsets and skills needed to effectively lead organizations and serve communities in contemporary society, while also building lifelong supporting peer and mentoring relationships. This non-residential, fully funded program will provide faith-driven community leaders—as well as ordained leaders across faith traditions—with the skills needed empower their congregations and communities in ways that heal divides and disrupt injustice, as compelled by the Spirit and the Gospel. Fellows will build life-changing relationships with like-minded peers who share the passion for faith-driven leadership that produces positive change in our world.
You will be able to save this application and continue to work on it after. While the application does not allow you to move to the next page until you have answered all required questions, it will allow you to go back to edit previous answers.
This application will require the following:
- A short resume of no more than 2 pages in Word or PDF format to be uploaded
- Responses to the following 3 questions
- Your biographical profile in 100 words or less. This is the type of profile included for staff websites or conference attendees. If you are selected as a Trinity Leadership Fellow, this profile will be used publicly so only include details that you would want to share with a wider audience. Please write this in the third person. Consult the <a href="https://trinitywallstreet.org/stories-news/announcing-2023-trinity-leadership-fellows-cohort">Trinity Leadership Fellows website</a> for examples.
- Describe a specific instance when you supported or led a group in 200 words or less. This is a specific instance when you supported or led a group of people (a congregation, a group of employees/co-workers, a group of volunteers) through an effort to address a challenge, create something new, or build on an opportunity. The focus should be on your role, your interpersonal skills, and your faith as elements in the success of the endeavor.
- Referring to but not repeating the example above, describe your journey as a faith leader in 500 words or less. Describe your leadership journey as shaped by your faith. Please conclude your essay with 2-3 sentences describing what you hope to bring to and take away from the Trinity Leadership Fellows experience and how you hope to grow over the course of the fellowship. The following questions may inform your response: What aspects of your faith inspire/motivate/sustain you to lead? How does your faith shape your interpersonal skills and the ways you work with others to set and achieve common goals? What have you sacrificed or minimized to stay true to your faith in leadership roles? What aspect of your faith or values makes you an effective leader? Your responses must be grounded in specific examples from your work, volunteer work, and/or ministry, examples that you think your references will also note.