Interns

February 2, 2010 at 1:14 pm · Filed under Leadership Development and tagged: interns, internships, leadership

As a new church plant, we’re taking on a few guys as unpaid interns.  These are guys who have expressed interest in being deeply involved, invested, and committed to 2 Pillars Church and a couple of them are also guys who are seeking out church planting experience as they weigh their own call to plant or pastor a church someday down the road. Below is the process we use at 2 Pillars Church for developing internships:

1. Guy/gal expresses interest in being an intern.
2. Potential intern completes an application and returns it within two weeks.
3. The completed application is reviewed.
   1. Material reviewed.
   2. References contacted.
   3. Background check run.
4. Internship Interview is conducted.
   1. Application discussed; expectations discussed.
   2. Determination made by 2PC Leadership as to whether to proceed forward.
5. A customized internship plan is developed  in conjunction with a 2PC Staff Member.
   1. This plan lays out clear focus areas, objectives, and tasks based on the intern’s responses to questions on the application as well as the tangible needs of 2PC.
   2. Plan is reviewed with intern.
   3. Intern takes ownership of the plan, makes modifications and resubmits for approval if necessary.

It’s a simple process, but a process nonetheless that allows us to add structure and consistency to our identification of interns as well as the essential step of developing a customized internship plan for each intern.  If you’re interested in learning more about the process, you can check out our Missional Intern Application.

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