Now Recruiting 2027 NYC Barnabas Fellows
Are you a young adult wrestling with how your Christian faith intersects with public service?
The Barnabas Project offers emerging leaders (ages 18 to 25-ish) nine months of training, coaching, service learning, and support.
We seek dynamic, entrepreneurial young adults to catalyze and lead transformational initiatives serving New York City public schools through faith, arts and public service. We provide full scholarships, best practice training, practical theology, and coaching by industry insiders and influencers. Participants will learn and demonstrate how to care for the social and spiritual renewal of their communities through artistic intentional acts of service, and establish relationships for long-term mission impact. Serious candidates only.
The Barnabas Project is a national, faith-based initiative of The Leadership Foundations, facilitated in New York City by Thrive Collective / School Partners USA.
The Barnabas Project offers emerging leaders (ages 18 to 25-ish) nine months of training, coaching, service learning, and support.
We seek dynamic, entrepreneurial young adults to catalyze and lead transformational initiatives serving New York City public schools through faith, arts and public service. We provide full scholarships, best practice training, practical theology, and coaching by industry insiders and influencers. Participants will learn and demonstrate how to care for the social and spiritual renewal of their communities through artistic intentional acts of service, and establish relationships for long-term mission impact. Serious candidates only.
The Barnabas Project is a national, faith-based initiative of The Leadership Foundations, facilitated in New York City by Thrive Collective / School Partners USA.
Timeline
Nominations Due
June 30, 2026
Applications Due
July 31, 2026
Selection
August 2026
Cohort Program
Sept 2026 - May 2027
"There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in."
- Graham Greene
- Graham Greene
What you can expect
- Fully scholarshipped, leadership development training .
- Nine months of shared learning with colleague practitioners.
- Tools and coaching to develop a school engagement plan.
- Best practice programs and curriculum.
- Service learning placement.
- Resource networks for ongoing collaborations.
- Monthly stipend.
- Approximately 4-5 hours / week.
Highlights
See. Connect. Empower.: The Barnabas Project Begins Year Two
September 7th, 2026
Celebrating New Beginnings: Barnabas Project Year 2 and the Thrive Hub Grand Opening
August 4th, 2026
Sending Forth Dinner
June 8th, 2026
When Creativity, Collaboration and Leadership Collide
May 21st, 2026
Barnabas Project Joins R.H.Y.M.E. Training
November 15th, 2025