Equipping Center
Pastoral Intern Program
This program strives to train seminary students and graduates as senior pastors, introducing them to principle-based ministry and the practical aspects of senior pastoral leadership. The vision of this program is to develop men with a Christ-centered, biblically-saturated, well-formed understanding of the purpose of the local church, the realization of that purpose, the tasks of pastoral leadership and the marks of a healthy personal and family life. To accomplish this vision, the intern program offers various steps to help train and equip participants.
Through the pastoral intern program, you can receive six hours of seminary credit. For the fall 2008 and spring 2009 academic year, below are classes you can earn a credit for:
Fall 2008:
PMN6500 Pastoral Ministry
Spring 2009:
PMN590 Supervised Field Ministry
The class meets at Providence on Monday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The way the program is designed, you must sign up for the full year.
Please fill out this application below and e-mail it to Sue Blau. We will contact with you soon.
Intern Application
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Seminars
These sessions introduce participants to practical issues related to the following six ministry areas: leadership, spiritual formation, discipleship, biblical interpretation and prevalent practical issues, preaching and pastoral care.
2008-09 Seminar Schedule
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One-on-one with a Pastor
Participants meet individually with an experienced staff pastor to help guide the student's growth as a Christian leader.
Book Reviews & Discussions
This aspect of the program deepens each participant's knowledge base in the areas of leadership, theology, discipleship, pastoral care and preaching.
Prevalent Ministry Issue Presentation
Students investigate a relevant issue and present resulting conclusions.
Philosophy of Ministry Paper
Students are presented with a detailed scenario in which they have been called as pastor of a local church. Interacting with this hypothetical setting, students address issues such as:
- Developing initial 90-day, one-year and five-year priorities as a pastor
- Determining the purpose, mission and values of a local church
- The leadership and governance of the local church
- Lay-leadership development strategies
- Evaluating present ministries
- Identification and development of key ministry areas
- Determining a professional development plan
- Determining a personal spiritual development plan
- Determining a family spiritual development plan
- Developing an annual preaching plan