Residency (n) - a residential post held for a period of specialized training.
The Christ College Residency Program is a 10-week paid internship. The Residency exists to equip college students with a theological framework to view life as ministry and mission and is intended to prepare college students to work and minister in cities of global significance after graduation. >>Full details (pdf)
Two tracks:
Global Summer Interns
- spend six weeks at Christ Church and four weeks with one of our global mission partners
Local Summer Interns
- get paired with a ministry within Christ Church that matches your gifts and passions
Four components:
1. Academic Instruction
- Biblical Theology of Mission - The story of scripture and its call to a missions lifestyle
- Gospel Transformation - The Gospel and its significance in living an abundant life
- Christian Ethics & Apologetics - Allowing God’s Word to shape our decisions
2. Ministry Internship
with one of the following:
3. Mentoring
- Christ Church staff members aren't just teachers and supervisors; they are also spiritual family members who desire to share their lives with you.
4. Christian Community
- Ministry is a taxing lifestyle. That's why we carve out time and build in opportunities to simply enjoy fellowship with the body of believers, remembering that the mission flows from a desire to see the nations share in the joy of the worshiping community.
>>Download the complete information packet and application (pdf)
For more information, contact:
Joshua Smith
(901) 219-2818
joshs@cumcmemphis.org