Learn, shepherd, and lead.
There is a great need for healthy and well-trained pastors in the church. Being a part of Pastoral Internships will give you the opportunity to discover if this is the direction He has for you.
Overview
Our pastoral internships will help you learn, grow, and love Jesus more. Built to train up pastors to leadership in the Church we will help individuals to learn, shepherd, and lead. Some will find their home with us, some will help existing churches, and some will plant new churches.
These internships have a yearly review, in which your ability to continue is evaluated. The minimum amount of time for this process is 3 years with a maximum of 5 years. Our requirements may vary by type of internship and will be discussed individually.
Yearly Evaluation Review
Time: 3-5 Years
Years At A Glance
Year 1 & 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 1 & 2
Focus: Individual development through self-awareness and establishing disciplines needed for integrity in your personal life.
- You will engage in opportunities that allow you to discover and develop your leadership abilities through advancing “levels of leadership”.
- If married, you will be instructed in essential tools for healthy marriage and parenting.
- Throughout the process, you will learn to lead yourself, your household, and the church.
- Through measurable assessments, we can help you learn how you are personally designed to serve in the church.
- At the end of each year, you will be assessed on whether or not you should continue down this path. If not, you will be given direction on where you would best be suited based on your finished assessments.
Year 3
Focus: Develop track based on ministry calling and assessments.
- The track will be tailored around needed education, ministry pathway, and hands-on ministry required.
- Appointed additional responsibilities associated with ministry pathway.
- Continued mentoring concentrated on your unique calling.
- If your leadership calling leads you outside our community, we will help you to create a pathway there.
- At the end of this year, you will be assessed on whether or not you should continue down this path. If not, you will be given a clear reason and direction on where you would best be suited based on your completed internship.
Year 4
Focus: Developing foundations for pastoral ministry.
- Implementation of the ministry track developed during year 3.
- Developing the foundation for your pastoral ministry inside our community, in another community, or in planting a community. Here you exercise your leadership muscles in developing a community, wherever Jesus has called you to lead.
- Hands-on mentoring to guide you and the development of support infrastructures for successful leadership in the direction Jesus is calling you.
- If needed, financial planning for sustainable community development.
- At the end of this year, the clinical practice of ministry and the ability to lead pastorally will be evaluated by a pastor in your field of ministry. If there are any warning signs or roadblocks, a new course will be set based on outcomes of what you have completed.
Year 5
Focus: Pastoring and/or Planting.
- Pastoring Begins
- The training ends and shepherding begins. Here you will be owning all the outcomes, discovering any weaknesses that still need to be managed, and enjoying leadership.
- You will begin speaking into a new interns life, helping and giving direction.
- Personal joys and challenges of pastoring will be discovered.
- Mentoring will continue but will be less frequent.
- Evaluation will become more reflexive, with oversight of mentor.
- At the end of this year, any course correction will be worked through together before a decision is made.
Pastoral Internships Requirements
Pastoral internships require a teachable heart, a sacrificial lifestyle, and a deep love for people. Ultimately every pastor is an undershepherd to Jesus who is the great shepherd. The process will require a commitment to following a pastor’s direction in your life that will help you to discover if pastoring is what God has called you too. Each year you will be evaluated and encouraged in the direction God is calling you. This is a clinical approach to ministry and will have both educational and practical requirements based on each year’s progress. You must be at least 20 years old to engage in this internship.
A Teachable Heart
A Sacrificial Lifestyle
A Deep Love for People
Commitment to Following a Pastor’s Direction
A Clinical Approach to Ministry
Must be 20+ Years Old