Incubator Collective Year One

Incubator Collective Year One

Academic Year 2025-26

Cohort Overview

The Incubator Collective is a church planting program designed to train church planters and replanters serving in New York City’s five boroughs, as well as New York City-facing urban centers. The program combines elements of City to City’s proven church planting curriculum with new insights from multicultural leaders who understand the nuances of ministry in New York’s boroughs.

Meet Your Instructor

Kerlin Calderon,
Assistant Director, Church Planting Training

Kerlin Calderon is the lead pastor of Grace Tabernacle Ministries in New York City. He was born in the Dominican Republic, and at the age of seven, his parents moved to New York. He grew up in the Inwood Heights section of upper Manhattan where he served his local church as youth and associate pastor. Kerlin loves to spend time with his family and enjoys watching the Yankees. He studied at Lehman College and Nyack’s Alliance Theological Seminary and holds degrees in administration and religion. He is married to his lovely wife Margie, and they have two beautiful daughters Olivia & Aliah Calderon.

Meet Your Teaching Assistant

Ajalon Tinsley

Ajalon is a spiritual leader and community advocate committed to cultivating spaces where people can grow together toward spiritual and social wholeness. Drawing on his roots in Harlem, New York, he pastors an intimate church community in the Rutgers University–New Brunswick, NJ area. He also leads educational engagement initiatives for a public service company, collaborating with local schools and non-profits on environmental programs. Ajalon holds a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University. He is married to his beautiful wife, Trinity, and together they have two amazing sons, Zion and Imri.

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eBook

See below for the link to the Incubator Year One eBook for your reference and review. This contains all of the course materials for the year. It is organized by module and contains the module materials as well as any pre-reads for class discussion and tools for implementation.

Class Materials

PLEASE NOTE: 
Based on speaker availability, some modules may not be sequential. 
In order to prepare for sessions, please follow the class schedule below.

Homework Submissions

Policies and Schedule

Program Policies

  • To do this, simply click "Add to Google Calendar" (or the +) on the Google calendar below. Each invite contains important location information on class format, virtual or in-person.

  • Because Incubator Collective is structured as a learning cohort, interaction with the content via class discussion is essential to maximizing your experience. Consequently, if you accumulate more than one absence, you may not be allowed to continue in the program. Please review the Class Schedule below, and notify us via email ([email protected]) if you anticipate being unable to attend any of these sessions.

  • You will get out of this cohort as much as you put into it. Prepare by reading any recommended pre-class materials, participating in class discussions, and completing post-class homework assignments. It's worth the investment!

  • The eBook includes all course content including pre-reading assignments, presentation decks, and tools for implementation of what you're learning. Please review this before class and come prepared to interact with the content and your classmates.

Program Schedule

We recommend integrating these dates into your personal calendar to stay on top of upcoming classes. Those who accumulate more than one unexcused absence may be asked to re-enroll when they are able to commit to this attendance standard.

All in-person sessions are located at Nova Omnio on E 91st Street.

150 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Dinner will be provided at all sessions.