Values & Qualities Desired in Interns
1. Passionate Love For Jesus
A desire to serve God, motivated by devoted love, based on what Jesus has done for us through the cross and resurrection is our desired basis for doing what we do. Partnering with Him to build His kingdom in the earth is the natural response of a heart overwhelmed with gratitude. A commitment to daily, weekly and monthly grow in intimacy with Jesus is our standard.
2. Teachable with a Learning Posture
A primary quality of a person who can be used by God over the long haul is one who possesses a teachable spirit. This posture of learning through Scripture, books, current events, personal circumstances, mentors, team-mates, etc is critical to a healthy learning environment and for the longevity of the individual intern. There is so much to learn about knowing and serving God that it is important to consistently maintain a teachable spirit and give ourselves to a learning posture.
3. Sensitive to the Body of Christ
The Student Mission Movement Internship includes people from across the body of Jesus Christ. As a result it is important that we be sensitive to dynamics of working with people across denominations and affiliations in the body of Christ who may be different then one’s personal spiritual bent. SVM2 adheres to the Lausanne Covenant as a Statement of Faith. The IEC believes in the expression of the gifts of the Holy Spirit given for ministry.
4. Lifestyle of Prayer and Open to Fasting
Prayer and intercession is the lifeline of all effective ministry. The danger with such a statement is to view prayer as merely a means to an end. This is not God’s heart in prayer, however, as He has set prayer up to be the only means by which we develop an ever-growing and intimate revelation of His heart and His thoughts. As such it is a priority that interns commit themselves to being a people of extended prayer and intercession, often coupled with day-long fasts and even periods of extended fasts as the Spirit leads.
5. A Pursuit of Being Clothed with God’s Presence
As we search the Scriptures it doesn’t take long to find that any Biblical character used of God was accompanied by His presence and power. The words “…and God was with him/her” are common in regard to these lives. We seek to be people who are in consistent pursuit of such a reality in our own lives. We recognize that we cannot do ministry in our own strength and that unless God’s power, anointing and presence accompany us, we have nothing to offer.
6. Commitment to Grow in God’s Word
God’s Word is the basis of all we do in life and ministry. As such we must have a high standard to be those who are saturated by the study and meditation of the Word and to use it effectively in ministry. This requires a steady increase in our Bible intake and a greater commitment to carve out the time necessary to give to this central ministry.
7. Valuing the Biblical One-Another’s
The Scripture continually exhorts us to be a people who prefer others as better than ourselves and who love and serve one another with intentionality. Each intern is expected to hold these values as priorities within their own lives and manifest these realities in their relations with one another and in wider ministry.
8. Flexibility and Adaptability
The unique nature of the Student Mission Movement Internship requires a willingness to be flexible within a unique ministry environment. Because we serve in a culture different than our own, daily tasks can seem to take longer than usual and be more involved thus requiring patience, adaptability and flexibility.
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