Students Summer Leadership Academy
The goal for the student ministry internship is to help ministry-called students to experience and learn what it takes to build, run, and maintain a healthy, growing student ministry.
Read and write reviews of two of the following books
• As You Go- Alvin Reid
• Follow Me- David Platt
• One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven- Mark Cahill
• Within Reach- Ben Trueblood
• Designed to Lead- Geiger/Peck
• How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge- Clay Scroggins
• Penetrating the Campus- Barry St. Claire
• Spiritual Leadership- Sanders
Write two reviews of podcasts
• Life Way Student Ministry Podcast
• Craig Groeschel podcast with Lifechurch.tv
• Not Enough Faith to be an Atheist – Frank Turek
• Lead/Defend podcast- Seth Tucker/Ryan Scantly
Rightnow Media studies (Complete 2 studies with someone else) (suggestions below)
• Life on Mission- Platt
• Cold Case Christianity- Wallace
• Not a Fan- Idleman
• Shaken- Tebow
• Fight- Groeschel
• Leadership Gold- Maxwell
Interview 5 student pastors (Chris will help set up)
• 2 in churches under 500 people part time
• 2 in churches under 500 people full time
• 1 in church over 3000 people
Speak each week on Wednesday night Zoom (Wade will do MS, Jesse will do HS)
• Staff will assist in planning
• Lessons will be on missions, challenging interns and students to get deeper into evangelism through missions
Lead group of students in small Bible study throughout the week.
Connect with every student in the Student Ministry via call or text.
Help plan calendar and budget.
Experience and be a part of leadership recruiting.
Interview 2 pastors on what they are looking for when hiring a Student Pastor.
Plan an Evangelism strategy for NWA.