Soul Care Leadership Application
Have you considered how God has used significant experiences, people or events to form and
develop His people? You have a story. It highlights events God has used to mold and shape
your character. In order to serve in ministry like Soul Care, it is important to understand your
own story and to be able to articulate how God is currently working in it.
Please answer the following questions below. Your answers need to be all encompassing, but
focus on sharing the personal parts of your history that relate to the person you are today
and the trials you may currently be facing. We look forward to the opportunity to learn more
about how the Lord is working in your life and prayerfully considering how we can work
together serving in ministry with one another.
Why are you interested in serving with Soul Care? is required.
How would you explain the gospel? Please use scripture to support your answer is required.
Describe what your personal time with the Lord looks like: is required.
Where and what are you battling right now? Identify the hardships, trials, anxieties, frustrations, lusts, discouragements, and conflicts that trouble you at the present time. Feel free to share the many troubles on your mind, but also try to focus on a few big ones. is required.
To whom are you running and what are you doing to face your troubles? Write down who you have been seeking for help, whether yourself, other people, or the Lord Himself. Write down the resources and actions you have chosen to help, whether books, Scripture, television, drugs, sleeping, pleasure, prayer, or a community of people. is required.
Who knows you and who is helping you? Think about the significant people in your life? Think about recent, personal, and open conversations you have initiated with them. To what degree have you shared your struggles with them? In what ways are they helping? In what ways are they not helping? is required.
What seems to be getting exposed in your heart and way of life? Consider the loyalties, values, passions, and ambitions being made visible in your life right now. Maybe a longing for the praise of people; maybe a desire for riches; maybe a loyalty to Christ and His kingdom; maybe dreams for a certain kind of marriage or family. is required.
Where do you see lifelong themes, patterns, and habits at work? Try to see and share any longstanding themes in your life story. The way you relate to the Lord and people right now could be traced back to how you have always related to the Lord and people. Are these things connected? is required.
What experiences from your history have most influenced you? Share any experiences from your childhood, family relationships, or previous years as a whole that seem to have strongly influenced the person you are today. Perhaps there were specific relationships or events that were really significant to you. Perhaps there were decisions you made or others made for you that sharply changed the direction of your life. is required.
If you are a Christian, how did Jesus Christ save you? Write down the key people and circumstances the Lord used to draw you to Himself. Perhaps there was a particular passage of Scripture that opened your eyes, humbled your heart, and helped you see your need for the Savior Jesus Christ. How has the Gospel changed your life? is required.
In what ways has the Lord Jesus Christ been growing you as His disciple? Think and write down a few ways the Lord has transformed you in recent months. Maybe there have been some punctuating moments where God freed you from particular sin struggles, or helped you notice and enjoy something about Him, or given you courage and compassion in the Christian faith in ways you didn’t have before. is required.
