The Bonhoeffer Haus started…

In 2012, when a small group of pastors began to pray about working together with Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) and within a network of churches unified through gospel identity and missional commitment to build ministry apprenticeships within cohorts doing life together in meaningful ways. One year later, Jesse Furey transitioned from directing CRU at Radford University to gather our first cohort of apprentices and lead the Bonhoeffer Haus. The Board of Directors was formally established 2 years later in order to expand our leadership structure, foster accountability, and strengthen our commitment to this particular model of forming leaders.

Presently, the Bonhoeffer Haus has three main cohorts, Roanoke, New River Valley, and Richmond. While our apprentices serve most directly under one leader in a partner church, they also share life together with other apprentices and church leaders within their cohort. Each cohort has a director who leads the apprentices in regular study, prayer, training, and fellowship. The Bonhoeffer Haus has trained and sent church planters to Floyd, Richmond, Blacksburg, and Canmore, Alberta.