The Free Methodist Church in Canada - Leadership Development, Internships

Are you looking for a place to work alongside a pastor who can model leadership for you in a church, church plant, youth ministry, children's ministry?

Are you looking for a person who can help you discover what area of ministry you are most suited to pursue?

Are you looking for a coach who can help you develop a personal ministry plan and schedule steps to accomplish the plan?

The Internship program of the Free Methodist Church in Canada will seek to place you in a ministry environment that will help you develop into a leader.

Being licensed as a Lay Minister by a local Free Methodist Church is the first requirement for being approved for the Internship Program. It would be best for you to talk with your pastor who will help you prepare an application for the official board of the church. Preference will be given to people who have held a lay minister’s license for several years and those who have become Ministerial Candidates.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION
CHURCH/SUPERVISOR CHECKLIST (PDF)
INTERNS CHECKLIST (PDF)
ONLINE APPLICATION FOR CHURCHES
ONLINE APPLICATION FOR INTERNS
For information and applications for the Federal Government Summer Career Placements (SCP) wage subsidy program go to http://www.sdc.gc.ca
Requirements: Local Church	Has done NCD twice and has a plan of action Is doing Bases or their own similar form thereof Has recommendation in their Official Board minutes regarding the internship Has completed application and signed it Agrees to apply for the government grants both federally and provincially Will secure adequate/average room and board for the intern as a minimum form of remuneration Pastor will be responsible for the internship at the local church Pastor will not be gone more than 2 weeks, 2 times, during internship (especially if he is the mentor) Pastor agrees to at least a 50/50 split on learner/doer ratio Pastor agrees to attend the internship training when it is scheduled
Requirements: Intern	Is a member of a local FMC Has received a lay minister's license Has been recommended for Ministerial candidacy by a local church Has built a relationship with the pastor where he/she wants to be an intern Attends the training day when announced Has seen and approves of the room and board arrangements, (signed off on it) Will initiate process with his/her school for supervised ministry credit Will dialogue with his/her school to attempt to have further courses completed from the local church venue (thus allowing more time at local church without losing school time) Is willing to work outside the church if needed to supplement income for longer internship

Internships

Training leaders in and for the Free Methodist Church in Canada

Training and equipping men and women for ministry positions in the setting of the local church

An opportunity for a learner/intern to get next to a pastoral team in the local church, over an extended period of time:

To catch what God is doing in a local church and let it become part of his/her emerging ministry DNA

To be mentored

To be a sensitive observer and learner

To be coached in specific ministry opportunities that will help evaluate an intern’s SHAPE for ministry.


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