The Falls Church Fellows Program is a leadership and Christian formation program for recent college graduates with a special emphasis on faith and vocation.

How does our Christian faith inform our daily life?

What does it take to faithfully answer the call to follow Him?

A seamless life of Christian faith intersects professional work, theological study, discipleship, family, and service. Fellows work at a job in their area of professional interest and attend courses specifically designed for them at Reformed Theological Seminary. A weekly professional development seminar series opens their eyes to a wide variety of ways believers serve God through their work.   

Living a seamless life of faith in vocation, community, and service for the sake of others and to the glory of God.

Community

  • The Falls Church Anglican (TFCA) is a vibrant church community that becomes the fellows’s spiritual home for the duration of the program and often well beyond it!

    Once attended by George Washington, the church is rich in history that dates from America’s founding. More recently, the congregation took an historic stand for Biblical truth that cost them their building and everything else the church possessed. Since then, the Lord has blessed TFCA with a new building and a renewed commitment to stand for truth in turbulent times.

  • An opportunity to disciple others is critical to a growing faith and to a growing faith community! Every Sunday night, fellows co-lead a middle or high school small group in TFCA’s vibrant youth ministry. Fellows with the entire volunteer leadership team on Tuesdays biweekly for dinner, worship, and discipleship training.

  • Fellows are welcomed into a place of faith in action: a host family! Host families express God's radical hospitality by welcoming fellows into their homes and hearts, not as a 9-month boarder, but as a participating member of the family.

  • As a fellow, you’ll be surrounded by community in many overlapping circles – host families, small groups, the larger church body, the city, and the nationwide network of fellows programs. At the center of this is your community of “fellow fellows,” your fellow pilgrims. Fellows gather as a “family” each Monday evening for a shared “Roundtable dinner” where they develop healthy, Christian community. This is also their chance to learn how to cook for a crowd!

  • Each fellow is prayerfully paired with a mentor who is a few steps further down the spiritual road. Your mentor will spur you to seek out the Lord, wrestle with your budding vocation, and grow deeper roots and higher shoots.

Education

  • Every year, fellows benefit from a buffet of brilliant minds and lives well lived — weekly seminar speakers who are living out their faith in a wide variety of vocations. Recent seminars have included topics in journalism, art, film, healthy family systems, worship, healing prayer, agriculture, politics, and much more!

  • The fellows take one 3-credit graduate course each semester taught through Reformed Theological Seminary. The first is a biblical survey course and the second covers the intersection of culture, faith, and work.

  • Each week the fellows participate in a Bible Study where they meditate on and discuss the implementation of spiritual disciplines in their lives. This is led by Regis Vogt, a TFCA Fellows Program alumnus, and the fellows’ Bible Study leader for over 25 years!

Vocation

  • The Fellows Program isn’t a gap year before joining the workforce! It’s an immersive first step into living out your faith in the workplace. Fellows work three days per week in a paid, part-time position in their chosen field. Our fellows have interned with a wide variety of employers, including the church youth ministry, non-profits, Capitol Hill offices, and local businesses. Fellows don’t just start out in their profession. Fellows start well!

  • The fellows have the unique opportunity to experience the dynamic aspects of the program within the historic context of our nation’s capital. Washington, D.C., is not only an exciting place to live and explore. It has played an important role in the life of The Falls Church and it plays one in the lives of the fellows during the program year.

    As a fellow you will hear from influential Christian leaders and thinkers who are seeking to live out their faith in a comprehensive and meaningful way. Being in such close proximity to Washington, D.C., this often includes connecting with leaders in Congress, State Department dignitaries, White House staff members, federal prosecutors, presidents of non-profits, businessmen and women, and many others.

What we look for

With each class we look to form a group of vibrant believers who bring a sense of joyful curiosity and humble service.

We know that choosing between fellows programs can be a difficult. We also know that you probably have myriad other opportunities you’re considering. We want you to choose the best fit – so contact us and let us help you prayerfully come along side you to help you discern the best fit.     

The Falls Church Fellows Program offers a limited number of seats (around 13-16 each year). Every class is different from one year to the other, but with each group, we try to blend students who are filled with a spirit of humility, who hunger to serve, and who are desirous to pursue God’s calling on their lives. Our students come from diverse backgrounds from all over the country and around the world.

FAQs

  • This fee covers every aspect of the program – seminary courses, books and study materials, conferences, speaker costs, and special events. For more about “the why” of support raising, read The Spirituality of Fund-Raising, by Henri Nouwen.

  • We recommend support raising for all the good reasons that Henri Nouwen explores, but, if circumstances prevent that, or if you would rather contribute your own funds, that’s okay too. You can also raise some and pay some. However you pay for the program, we ask that you invite a committed group of friends to support you in prayer.

  • Don’t let this scare you! We offer guidance and resources for you. Call us, and let’s talk it through.

  • Typically, student loan payments begin in December and can be paid out of your part-time salary.

  • You get a chance to start your career in one of the most influential and yet expensive cities in America. You get a network of disciplers, professional mentors, and community leaders who care deeply for you and will help you to Start Well in your career and all aspects of your life. You get a vibrant intergenerational church with a strong presence in the local community, rich liturgical worship services, and leaders who invest in you. You get a better understanding of how God has wired you for relationship, work, worship, and service. You also get a community of friends with whom to live life. When the fellows year is over, you’ll be rooted in a continuing community.

  • Yes. While limited public transportation is available, a car will be necessary to efficiently commute between your home, internship, and church.

  • Yes, we will find a job for you. We will strive to find the best possible fit for your qualifications and career goals.

  • Yes, all jobs are paid.

  • A wide variety of companies and organizations:

    Center for Public Justice

    Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

    The C.S. Lewis Institute

    The Falls Church Anglican Youth Ministry

    Food For the Hungry

    FP1 Strategies (campaign consultants)

    Foundation Insurance

    Greenberg Traurig LLP (law firm)

    Human Trafficking Institute

    Keel Point (financial advisors)

    Next Tier Concepts (national security consultants)

    Philanthropy Roundtable

    Pinkston (PR firm)

    Plus Communications (digital firm)

    Red Edge (digital firm)

    Representative Aderholt

    Senator Ben Sasse

  • No, we will place you with a host family who you will stay with free of charge for the duration of the program.

  • We welcome all college majors! Past fellows have majored in:

    Biology

    Business Analytics

    Business

    Computer Science

    Criminology

    Economics

    Exercise Sports & Science

    Foreign Affairs

    International Business

    Mathematics

    Mechanical Engineering

    Philosophy

    Political Science

    Public Policy

    Public Relations

    Psychology

    Religious Studies

  • Email us anytime at bfuenzalida@tfcanligcan.org!

Start well today.