DESCRIPTION:

This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is the full-time, three-month FE2 internship under the supervision of a pastor/supervisor in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting, leading to the development of competencies in specialized areas of ministry as well as overall exposure to ministry skills.

This course offers practice and training in the tasks and skills of professional ministry in a local church, parachurch organization, or institutional setting.

The course has three primary components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The student spends at least 35 hours each week for ten weeks in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the supervisor and student, and approved by the Office of Field Education. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor to discuss a) professional direction, evaluation, and oversight of the student's ministry; b) theological reflection and discussion of topics related to ministry as identified by the student and supervisor; c) support and prayer.

1. Completion of the Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the intern to be turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the quarter.

2. Completion of final evaluations by the supervisor and student to be turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the tenth week of the quarter.

Before the student may register for this course, several steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month, since the student is responsible to make arrangements for an internship site. The first step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the internet at www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded or in the Office of Field Education. After the student has submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the internship is approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration.

None.

Meets the FE2 Field Education requirement for the M.Div. (MIN 7). It is an elective for the M.A. in Theology (General Format) and meets requirements meets requirements for some M.A. in [a specialized ministry] degree programs. This course is offered pass/fail for two units.

None. Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as specified in the individual learning agreement and on completion of assignments as listed above.