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 to 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 peers who share their passion for faith-driven leadership that produces positive change in our world. (For more on our selection and application process please click here)
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 Trinity Leadership Fellows website for examples.
- Describe a specific instance when you supported or led a group in 200 words or less. This should be a personal and 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 personal 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 to 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 personal examples from your work, volunteer work, and/or ministry. They should be examples that you think your references will also note.
We strongly discourage the use of Artificial Intelligence (tools like ChatGPT and others) to write essays as those responses tend to be impersonal and will make the application less competitive.
(You must create a log in before you can see the application)
Privacy Notice: Trinity uses TLF application materials only to evaluate applicants and administer the program. Application materials for applicants not admitted to the program are deleted at the end of the evaluation process. Application materials for fellows admitted to the program are retained in accordance with Trinity's recordkeeping procedures. Application materials are not shared with anyone except third parties we engage to perform specific functions on our behalf, who may use the information in accordance with their own privacy policies. Please review the privacy policies of those third parties directly to understand their privacy practices. Application materials will be collected, processed, and stored in the United States, where the laws regarding information may be different from the laws of your country.
By submitting your application and authorizing our collection of application information from other sources (such as references), you consent to Trinity’s use of these materials, including any personal data and sensitive data concerning racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, and religious or philosophical beliefs, for the above purposes. If we do not obtain the requested information, we may be unable to evaluate your application or administer the program.
You may request to view, correct or delete your personal data at any time. Depending on the laws of the country or region where you are located, you may also have rights to withdraw your consent to processing of your personal data, to restrict or object to such processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. To exercise these options or for general questions about privacy or applicable privacy rights in your country or region, please contact TLFellows@trinitychurchnyc.org.
Trinity Leadership Fellows Application 2025
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 to 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 peers who share their passion for faith-driven leadership that produces positive change in our world. (For more on our selection and application process please click here)
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 Trinity Leadership Fellows website for examples.
- Describe a specific instance when you supported or led a group in 200 words or less. This should be a personal and 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 personal 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 to 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 personal examples from your work, volunteer work, and/or ministry. They should be examples that you think your references will also note.
We strongly discourage the use of Artificial Intelligence (tools like ChatGPT and others) to write essays as those responses tend to be impersonal and will make the application less competitive.
(You must create a log in before you can see the application)
Privacy Notice: Trinity uses TLF application materials only to evaluate applicants and administer the program. Application materials for applicants not admitted to the program are deleted at the end of the evaluation process. Application materials for fellows admitted to the program are retained in accordance with Trinity's recordkeeping procedures. Application materials are not shared with anyone except third parties we engage to perform specific functions on our behalf, who may use the information in accordance with their own privacy policies. Please review the privacy policies of those third parties directly to understand their privacy practices. Application materials will be collected, processed, and stored in the United States, where the laws regarding information may be different from the laws of your country.
By submitting your application and authorizing our collection of application information from other sources (such as references), you consent to Trinity’s use of these materials, including any personal data and sensitive data concerning racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, and religious or philosophical beliefs, for the above purposes. If we do not obtain the requested information, we may be unable to evaluate your application or administer the program.
You may request to view, correct or delete your personal data at any time. Depending on the laws of the country or region where you are located, you may also have rights to withdraw your consent to processing of your personal data, to restrict or object to such processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. To exercise these options or for general questions about privacy or applicable privacy rights in your country or region, please contact TLFellows@trinitychurchnyc.org.