{"id":13472,"date":"2024-12-11T08:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2024-12-11T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:44:06","slug":"ministry-internships-valuable-experience-on-the-journey-to-effective-missions-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13472","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Internships: Valuable Experience on the Journey to Effective Missions Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Catalyst Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A growing number of churches are considering internships to be an important early step for young adults who express interest in missions. This trend is driven by at least two factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, young adults are hesitant to make long-term commitments where they might fail or discover that missions is not a fit for them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second, church leaders are increasingly uncomfortable with recommending unproven young adults as ready for the spiritual, emotional, and physical rigors of long-term, cross-cultural ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalystservices.org\/internships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article<\/a>. It addresses components to consider, internship models, and specific opportunities that include service in the U.S. and abroad. Know someone who would benefit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Catalyst Services A growing number of churches are considering internships to be an important early step for young adults who express interest in missions. This trend is driven by at least two factors: Read the article. It addresses components to consider, internship models, and specific opportunities that include service in the U.S. and abroad. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13472\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ministry Internships: Valuable Experience on the Journey to Effective Missions Services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13473,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13472\/revisions\/13473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}