Bethany Community Church

Each year Bethany hires interns to serve within various areas of the church; some of these interns serve as a way of discerning a potential call to vocational ministry, some receive credit for practical ministry, some are undergraduate students, and some are in seminary, but all are integral to the ministry of this church. If you have been thinking about working in a church, or would even like a deeper and more intentional experience of service, we invite you to consider applying to be an intern at Bethany Community Church. These internships are not just for those who know they want to be pastors, but rather they exist to provide a safe environment for people to explore their gifts and the various ways those gifts might be used within the Kingdom of God.

Each department is responsible for hiring its own interns. Interns work 12–20 hours per week, as volunteers, and their responsibilities vary widely depending on the ministry area in which they’re serving. While the day-to-day of the intern experience will look different for each individual, there are also collective experiences that the interns share. These include participating in the staff’s weekly theology meeting in which issues relevant to Bethany are discussed at the theological level. Also, the intern team meets weekly to discuss their ministry experiences and to reflect on the nature of God’s call to serve in vocational ministry. All interns can expect to be given responsibilities in five areas that Bethany has deemed critical to discerning gifts and call: spiritual formation, leadership development, teaching, administration, and relational ministry.

Undergraduate Internship Job Description
Graduate Internship Job Description

Internship Application (check with Joe before applying, as we typically hire interns at the beginning of the academic year)

Contact Joe Springer, Senior Associate Pastor/Leadership Development