Discover how to create an efficient and effective GAP Year,
Internship or Residency Program for your faith-based
organization or church with these articles and resources.
Gap year, internship, and residency programs each provide students with unique learning environments that require equally unique teachers and staff. Here’s what to look for.
Emerging leaders have a host of options when it comes to professional training and ministry education. Bible schools and seminaries of all types and sizes have long been a trusted resource for those seeking ministry training. In more recent years, ministry internship, Christian gap-year, and church residency programs have grown in popularity and there is increasing demand for more frontline training programs. But rather than choosing between the academic and ministry training environments, why not offer a model that includes the best of both? Doing this will set you apart as a training program and give your students more complete training to launch them into ministry and leadership.
The following are some simple steps you can take now to help retain your new ministry interns over the long haul. Not only will taking these steps serve your interns by helping them succeed, but they help you, your program, and your ministry, as well. Programs with higher retention rates have healthier budgets and more graduates out in the real world sending referrals back into them.
Are you helping your ministry interns achieve the right goals? The point of education — and discipleship — goes beyond merely passing on knowledge (information). The Great Commission calls us to make disciples by “teaching them to obey” what Jesus has taught (transformation).
Ministry leaders tend to be more entrepreneurial than most. And ministry leaders who take on the task of leading ministry internship, church residency, and Christian gap year programs tend to be even more do-it-yourself! We applaud your particular set of skills and passions. But there are some things you should stop trying to do yourself. These things are costing you money and, more importantly, they keep you from focusing on what you are really great at. Here are a few common examples: Being Your Team’s IT Professional Software is expensive. But it’s also a necessity in this modern world. You … Read more
Every ministry does at least some kind of discipleship. When you talk about a discipleship program, aim for something more intentional and complete.
Ministry internships play a unique and powerful role in raising up the next generation of Christian leaders.
There is a lot that goes into building a great ministry residency program, but these five essentials set the great ones apart.
Maybe your faith-based gap year program is in need of a complete overhaul. Maybe it’s in great shape and just want to dial it up a level. Wherever you find yourself, we have experience in helping ministry leaders like you fill the gaps in their gap year program.
Your ministry lives in the real world, with real people in real communities.
With the right training program, you don’t need to choose between giving your Church residency or gap year students hands-on training and academic credit. They can have both.
We help ministries design, build, and manage custom, academic-grade training programs to successfully launch the next generation of faith driven leaders, and connect them to accredited degree program pathways.
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