The Forge is the leadership development ministry of Pine Cove serving men and women between the ages of 21-27 who have completed their undergraduate degree. Over the course of a year, the Forge develops leaders who embody a faith worth following in ministry roles and the marketplace. Join us on our journey as we live, work, study, and travel together.
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Forge students live in a close community of men and women from all over the country. The wide range of personalities and perspectives becomes our program’s primary means of character development. Without the opportunity to run from conflict, Forge students learn new dimensions of love, respect, and service as they share living space, meals, spending money, trips, and classes together. Community requires closeness and selflessness with one another and with other leaders, leading to an environment that is almost always personal, challenging, and real. Within the community are innumerable opportunities to practice a life of serving rather than being served.
“There is a continuing need to train young people to become quality leaders in the Christian community. The Forge program is well suited to meet this need. I highly recommend it.”
Jerry Bridges
Author, The Pursuit of Holiness
The classroom environment is an essential part of any education. Unlike collegiate courses, however, Forge classes are aimed at developing the God-given design within each student rather than simply downloading information vital to passing an exam. Forge teachers come from a wide variety of backgrounds and levels of expertise. The classroom environment is both experiential and challenging. Many of our students say the learning they had in the Forge was more insightful and effective than any of their four years in college.
“The Forge is like a 'cheat code' for young people. If I could put every 22 year-old in America through the Forge, I absolutely would.”
Rankin Gasaway
Parent of a Forge Student, Business VP
Forge students will have the opportunity to join our full-time staff team from August to August and gain practical real-life work experience in addition to being paid. Students will gain meaningful ministry experience through Pine Cove City (our traveling summer day camp ministry) through interviewing college students, hiring summer staff, and preparing the program. Throughout the year, students will engage with church leadership partners and camper parents as well as lead camp ministry teams for elementary-aged campers during the summer.
Incredible opportunities for travel await students of the Forge. Traveling flings the students into formative decision-making opportunities and memorable experiences. As the students encounter the unexpected in unknown places, they gain new perspectives and chances to learn lessons that cannot be taught in a classroom. Forge students embark on many of these experiences each year. The culmination of all of our travel: an overseas tour at a location rich in Biblical history. Previous trips include Israel and Turkey.
“The things you long for in your walk with Christ, you can find here. The Forge, behind salvation, is probably the greatest return on investment you can receive.”
Tyler
Forge Student
The Forge full-time team are committed to teaching, mentoring, and discipling the next generation of Christian leaders.
Forge Director
Forge Men's Director
Forge Women's Director
