As a fellow, you’ll get to be part of a living laboratory of faith in action: a host family! Host families show radical hospitality by welcoming fellows into their homes and hearts, not as a 9-month boarder, but as a participating member of the family.

In addition to an intensive weekly Bible study looking at the Old Testament through the prism of Jesus, 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.

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, and then meet as a volunteer leader team on Tuesdays for dinner, worship, and discipleship training.

Each fellow is prayerfully paired with a mentor who is a few steps farther 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.

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 seminar topics include journalism, art, film, healthy family systems, worship, healing prayer, agriculture, politics, and more.

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 Fellows network. 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, which is your chance to serve one another and also learn how to cook for a crowd!

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 during the fellows year, but for centuries it has been an important part of the life of The Falls Church. When the church was founded in 1732, George Washington and George Mason each served as vestrymen ahead of their founding the United States, and ever since, the church has served at the important juncture between the life of Washington and life of the local church. 

The City of Falls Church, which was named for the parish, and our current church building are located just a few minutes outside Washington, D.C., on historic Route 50, which leads directly past the White House to the Capitol Building. 

Additionally, 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.

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

The Falls Church Anglican (TFCA) is a vibrant church community that becomes the fellows’ 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 all 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.

Learn more at https://www.tfcanglican.org/history