RTTC is a community of pastors, churches, and leaders in Chicago and Chicagoland working together to raise up rigorous and faithful confessional gospel leaders for the church, the city, and the world.
We are trusting the Lord—together—to raise up a new generation of rigorous and faithful confessional gospel leaders in and from Chicago to the world.
We identify, form, and support the next generation of rigorous and faithful confessional leaders in Chicago and Chicagoland by building leadership pipelines, strengthening doctrinal fidelity, and making seminary training accessible to emerging and qualified gospel leaders.
We work with confessional churches that are intentionally raising up the next generation.
Our churches and our world need qualified, confessional leaders.
We seek to multiply resources so seminary training is accessible to emerging and qualified gospel leaders.
A Shared Work
RTTC exists to help form leaders who can preach Christ faithfully, shepherd wisely, and serve the mission of the gospel with humility and conviction.
We believe in the supremacy of Christ, the power of the gospel, and the importance of doctrinal fidelity. We stand in the classic stream of the Reformation.
How might we—and a coalition of churches—help raise up the next generation of gospel leaders with an unswerving commitment to biblical fidelity for the next generation?
We believe God is calling the church to raise up a new generation of faithful, courageous, and deeply formed confessional gospel leaders for the challenges of our time.
In a world marked by rapid cultural change, spiritual confusion, the weakening of existing seminaries, and significant global opportunity, the church must invest intentionally in forming leaders who can preach Christ faithfully, shepherd wisely, and serve with wisdom, humility, and conviction.
RTTC serves as the collaborative engine of the Chicago Confessional Leadership Initiative — a shared effort among pastors and churches across Chicago and Chicagoland to strengthen the pipeline of confessional leadership and cultivate a more church-embedded model of theological formation.
We help churches recognize and encourage future leaders.
We support pastoral mentorship and theological formation rooted in healthy local churches.
Theological education is strongest when integrated with the worship, discipleship, and mission of the local church.
We seek to help qualified leaders receive the training they need.
We seek to strengthen theological training in Chicago by helping establish and scale a Chicago-based training presence through strategic partnerships, including collaboration with Reformed Theological Seminary and other confessional institutions.
This strategy emphasizes church-embedded formation, combining centralized theological instruction with pastoral mentorship in healthy local churches across Chicago and Chicagoland.
Formation happens in the real life of the church.
Emerging leaders are shaped through relationships, example, and pastoral investment.
Doctrinal formation and ministry preparation belong together.
Leaders are prepared in a region marked by opportunity, complexity, and need.
The region is home to a broad network of churches, a wide range of ministry contexts, and one of the most significant university mission fields in North America — dozens of colleges and universities with hundreds of thousands of students shaping the ideas and leadership of future generations.
Chicago exposes future leaders to cultural complexity, intellectual challenge, and diverse ministry settings — preparing them to preach Christ faithfully and serve wisely in a changing world.
Future pastors must be formed in institutions rooted in the historic confessions of the church and the authority of Scripture.
Healthy churches provide the leadership cultures, ministry opportunities, and relational depth essential for forming future leaders.
Chicago and Chicagoland offer a rich and demanding setting for preparing faithful gospel leaders.
RTTC is a shared effort strengthened through collaboration among pastors, churches, institutions, and supporters who share a common commitment to rigorous and faithful confessional gospel leadership.
Identify and form emerging leaders within your congregation and strengthen long-term leadership pipelines.
Join in mentoring, theological formation, and the cultivation of confessional gospel leadership.
Collaborate in building a strong, church-embedded model of theological training in Chicago.
Help make seminary training more accessible to emerging and qualified gospel leaders through scholarships.
A Shared Vision
Through collaboration among pastors, churches, and confessional institutions, we believe Chicago can become a strategic center for theological training and confessional leadership formation for the next generation.
We would be glad to hear from you. Whether you are a pastor, church leader, institution, donor, or prospective partner, we welcome the opportunity to connect and explore how you might participate in this work.
Questions about RTTC, the Chicago Confessional Leadership Initiative, or the coalition's overall vision and work.
Questions from churches, pastors, leaders, and institutions interested in collaboration.
Questions about helping make seminary training more accessible to emerging and qualified gospel leaders.
Raising up the next generation of rigorous and faithful confessional gospel leaders in and from Chicago to the world.