Sundays at 10:00 a.m. 511 E 7th
Dell Rapids, SD 57022
(across from the library)

City Church

Making God's Glory Known and Felt

Timothy Pastoral Apprenticeship

Our church networks with 16 churches to train pastors, church planters and missionaries through a program called the Timothy Pastoral Apprenticeship (TPA). The TPA is “hands-on”, rigorously academic and free for students. Students also often get paid while they serve their local church.

River Community Church regularly has at least one TPA student on staff and Pastor Ryan Franchuk spends 20 hours a week directing the TPA program.

Previous “student pastors” at River Comunity Church have been Sean Mustian (now serving at Central Baptist Church in George, IA), Jim Millman (now serving at De Smet Community Church in De Smet, SD), Mark Donaldson (now serving in Elm Creek Baptist Church, Maple Grove, MN), Zach Sommerlot (now serving at Denver Baptist Church, Denver, IA).  If you are interested in serving in a student pastor/apprentice position at River Community Church or at another church in the TPA network, contact the church office. 

If you have questions about the TPA, call the office or visit the website or request an application. If you are at all interested in the TPA, whether through RCC or another church, we would love to talk to you.

If you would like to donate towards the TPA, checks can be made out to RCC with TPA in the memo. Generous donations are what enable the TPA program to continue to thrive. Another way to support the TPA is by donating to, shopping at and volunteering at the Bargain Basement Thrift store in Baltic, SD. Bargain Basement is a ministry of our church and profits go to support the TPA.