Join Our Faculty

ELI is blessed with more demand for training than our faculty can handle. Consider joining us! We need men and women who are experienced teachers and leaders in local churches, schools, and businesses as we look to expand our Kingdom impact. Here’s how to get started!

What Are My Options?

Volunteer

Volunteer faculty are self-funded individuals who travel and teach with ELI as their other responsibilities, time, and resources allow. Volunteers often connect with a faculty member working in a specific region.

Part-Time / Adjunct

Part-time/Adjunct faculty are self-funded or supported individuals committed to teaching with ELI 2-4 times a year. After becoming familiar with ELI’s work, part-time instructors can expect to take responsibility for one training partnership.

Full-Time

Full-time faculty are self-funded or supported individuals who work full-time with ELI. These individuals can expect to teach 6-10 times per year and have primary responsibility for 2-3 national partnerships.

FAQ

Below you will find a list of questions that prospective faculty members typically ask about ELI and the answers that go along with them.

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If you have any further questions feel free to reach out to us.

What is “raising support” and can I do it? How much support do I need to raise?

“Raising support,” as it is most commonly known, is really about developing a team of ministry partners (think, Philippians 1:6; we call it “Ministry Partner Development”). A “Ministry Partner” is someone who commits to participate with you in the work the Lord is calling you to through prayer, encouragement, financial support, and possibly even co-teaching.

Do all ELI faculty and staff raise support?

Yes. All ELI faculty and staff, whether volunteer, part-time, adjunct, or full-time are “self-funded.” That is, they are all responsible to raise or otherwise provide for their own salary, benefits, and ministry expenses. Of course, all full-time and part-time faculty are provided an account to which donors contribute and from which ELI disburses salary payments and expense reimbursements.

Can I just keep my current position and only travel occasionally?

Yes. You may be currently serving a congregation as a pastor or assistant pastor; you may be a late-career business leader with a somewhat flexible schedule, or a teacher (at whatever level) with the ability to travel in the summer or take a sabbatical. ELI’s strategy is perfectly suited to align with your availability to serve to whatever extent. Moreover, serving with ELI in this way will refresh your vision of the King and His Kingdom and will overflow in benefit to your students or congregation.

What is a “partnership”?

An ELI “partnership” or “training partnership” is the hinge upon which the mission of ELI turns. A “training partnership” consists of a Christian leader in a given country who is matched with an ELI “Project Director” to train and equip an emerging network of Christian leaders in a given region. Sometimes these networks are denominationally based. More often, however, they are cross-denominational networks with a shared hunger to know Christ through His Word and to faithfully lead His people. In some cases, these networks built upon this shared vision have developed into denominations.

What is a “Partnership Coordinator,” and what does one do?

A “Partnership Coordinator” (sometimes known as “Project Director”) is an ELI Faculty member who partners with a specific national leader to develop, organize, resource, and accomplish their leadership development and training objectives. The national partner brings the vision and the opportunity; the Partnership Coordinator brings experience and encouragement while coordinating personnel, training materials, and financial support to the partnership.

In cooperation with their national partner and his or her leadership team, the Partnership Coordinator plans the curriculum sequence and the schedule for training; recruits co-teachers; and raises funds to implement the training. The Partnership Coordinator may provide other support, encouragement, coaching and advice for the national partner.

I have seen the hope that ELI brings to pastors and teachers who are struggling to make a difference in their countries. ELI ignites a vision in these leaders, and through ongoing training empowers and equips them to build and sustain a transformational culture.

Vicki Kloosterhouse

If the vision is to transform an entire culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ, ELI's approach of shaping the thinking of that culture's leaders is the most direct and holistic path to bringing that vision to reality.

Cliff Montgomery

ELI works with church leaders from various denominations. I was impressed to find the pastors engaged with the teaching, asking questions and even challenging some of our positions.

Gene Whitehead

Contact ELI today to see how you can continue the work to which God has called you.

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