Incubator Collective Year Two

Incubator Collective Year Two

Calendar Year 2025

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, they have two beautiful daughters Olivia & Aliah Calderon.

eBook

See below for the link to the Incubator Year Two 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 on the next tab.

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 Teaching Assistant, Ajalon Tinsley ([email protected]), and Program Administrator, Emily Gregg ([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.

  • Text the phrase “CTC” to 213-205-0386 to enable SMS communication. Message and data rates may apply.

    NOTE: We will send text reminders about upcoming cohorts. Please enable text comms so that you receive them. However, do not report attendance information via text. It will not be captured. Instead, please follow the instructions listed above and email Ajalon Tinsley and Emily Gregg directly with advance notice. Otherwise, your absence may be unexcused.

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.

Format

Jan. 16, 2025
Session 1 | 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM | Zoom

Jan. 30, 2025
Session 2 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

Feb. 13, 2025
Session 3 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

Mar. 6, 2025
Session 4 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

Mar. 20, 2025
Session 5 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

Apr. 24, 2025
Session 6 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

May 8, 2025
Session 7 | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

May 22, 2025
End of Program Celebration | 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM | In-Person

All sessions are In-Person at the new Redeemer City to City NYC Training Center.

150 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Dinner will be provided at all sessions.