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Want to help shape compassionate, courageous leaders?
If you are interested in compassionately and courageously considering current leadership and cultural issues through a biblical and theological lens, we would love to talk to you about becoming a part of our team!
Internships
If you want to learn how to shape compassionate, courageous leaders through content creation, transformational processes, and staff development… We're the place for you.
What We Can Give You
- Interact with and meet influential members of the evangelical world
- Learn how to utilize your developing theological education as you engage with complex and controversial issues
- Learn the skill of engaging in controversial and divisive conversations in a loving and constructive manner
- Have the opportunity to genuinely contribute to the trajectory of our leadership center
- Have a place on a team that is part of the public face of Dallas Theological Seminary
- Have the opportunity to have your work published or featured in a public setting
- Participate in mentorship program with a seasoned ministry professional
What We Ask of You
- Be a current student planning on enrolling in an internship program
- Work 7-10 hours a week, in the office if you are local
- Excellence in your selected area (minor revision of your work needed)
- Attend weekly staff and mentor meetings
- Attend and assist with THC events during your internship time frame
- Trust in us when we give you things that seem dreary (most of the time, that's the work of ministry anyway)
- Read Truth in a Culture of Doubt or How Would Jesus Vote by Darrell Bock; The Person Called You by Bill Hendricks to get a better understanding of the core foundation of The Center
- Work in tandem with your mentor in supporting their various projects
The Most Qualified Applicant Will Have
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to be technology savvy, comfortable with data entry, and learning new software or technology quickly and effectively
- Ability to take on additional responsibilities as needed
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal guidance
- Exceptional work ethic and upholding the Center's values
- Punctuality and discipline
- Detailed-oriented nature with the ability to use time productively and maximize efficiency
- Ability to work as a self-starter with the ability to work well as part of a team and independently
- Ability to handle conflict resolution effectively
- Willingness and availability to sometimes work outside business hours
- Determination to learn and be a team player
Below are the descriptions for each of the different internships that the Hendricks Center offers. If you are interested in applying for an internship through the Hendricks Center, please fill out the application below. Thank you!
Cultural Engagement
- Support the efforts toward cultural engagement at THC aimed to equip leaders to engage in a pluralistic culture
- Help with planning, production, and development of various initiatives, including Culture Engagement Chapels, Webinars, Events, and The Table Podcast
- Help with planning and executing any student events (both live and virtual) and serving as an emcee for those events
- Writing and proofreading books and articles (when needed)
- Opportunity to submit blog posts or articles to DTS Magazine or Bib Sac
Podcast Ministry
- Support all aspects of podcast logistics (creating and following schedules, project management, planning topics, inviting guests, scheduling, preparing episodes for release, and producing statistic reports)
- Create biographies for guests, speakers, and participants of podcasts
- Help with background hosting and technical support for webinars and other virtual events
- Brainstorm and execute advertising and content curation for podcast
Media
- Create videos celebrating and/or advertising various The Hendricks Center events
- Regularly record B-roll at The Hendricks Center events
- Function as THC photographer at significant events
- Record testimonials at significant events
- Pull clips from current and old podcasts to highlight on our website and social media
Giftedness
- Go through the Giftedness Assessment Program
- Assist in planning and executing the Giftedness Workshop each semester
- Go through the Giftedness Guide Training Program
- Serve as a giftedness guide once trained (2nd and 3rd semesters)
- Assist in planning and executing giftedness guide training sessions
- Recruit giftedness guides
- Help with other Hendricks Center efforts
Events
This intern will introduce speakers at selected workshops, help with registration processes, draft advertising materials, help conduct events, and have the opportunity to contribute to blog articles for DTS Magazine.
Christian Leadership
- Assist in planning and execution of the Christian Leadership Conferences and webinars
- Opportunity to submit blog posts or articles to DTS Magazine or Bib Sac
- Work alongside the Assistant Director dealing with live issues of ministry leadership
- Interview 3 pastors on current Christian Leadership issues
- Assist in managing Hendricks Center interns
Academic Hybrid
- Write and present a paper at an academic gathering
- Teach a class (we will try to help you locate an opportunity)
- This focus will be helpful for those interested in learning to meld academics with practical engagement.
- This intern will choose another Focus Area in The Hendricks Center Internship to work on in conjunction with a purely academic exercise.
Counseling and Family Ministry
- Support LEAD – a five-day intensive transformational experience that looks at a person's life, work, and calling from four different vantage points: personal and family, giftedness, calling/purpose, and life dream
- Assist in the logistical coordination of the program
- Observe LEAD sessions and participate in coaches meetings
- Brainstorm and execute advertising and content/resource curation for LEAD
Fellowships
Purpose
The Fellowship is intended to be a short-term collaboration between THC and an interested individual that executes a specific project of interest to both.
Qualifications
Any person interested in the work of the Center and wanting to join the effort
Parameters and Expectations
- The Fellow and the Center will establish a year-long or multi-year-long agreement depending on the nature of the project(s).
- The Fellow will be responsible to schedule and attend monthly check-in meetings with the Assistant Director.
- The presence of the Fellow at weekly staff meetings is also required, unless specifically exempted.
- There may only be four Fellows each fiscal year.
Renumeration
To honor this investment of time and effort, the Fellow will be provided a $1000/semester stipend, the title of a The Hendricks Center Fellow, and the ability to work with THC on one of their heart projects (utilizing much of DTS's resources and platform to help make it a success).
Associateships
Purpose
An Associateship is intended to be a long-term partnership between the Center and the Associate that can be tapped into by either party when interest areas seem to overlap (such as a relevant conference, a leadership issue to surface, a collaborative project the Associate would like to undertake, or conferring with one another when particular situations arise).
Qualifications
- An advanced academic degree or equivalent professional experience is required to hold the position of a Center Associate.
- The Associate will also need demonstrable expertise and an active presence in an area of overlapping interest.
Parameters and Expectations
- Both parties are expected to make themselves available to one another within a reasonable amount of time when interest areas overlap.
- To maintain the health of this relationship, the Associate is responsible to schedule and attend quarterly meetings with the Assistant Director.
- The Center will also require a minimum of a monthly presence at staff meetings so as not to lose touch with its current efforts.
Renumeration
- As there is minimal effort expended on the part of the Associate, apart from specific projects that will benefit both parties, a stipend will not be provided. However, the individual is offered a title of a The Hendricks Center Associate, access to DTS's scholarly network for collaboration, and the ever-open option to work with THC on one of their heart projects (utilizing much of DTS's resources and platform to help make it a success).
- In the event that a project is undertaken, the Associate will become a contract worker for DTS for the time of that project, and the possibility of a stipend will depend on the level of work required of the Associate for the project and budget availability.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you are interested in one of these positions.