Social Justice Internship Application

 

Internship Period: January 17, 2010 - May 30, 2010

                       All applications must be received by December 1, 2009

 

 

 

Please answer the following questions completely either clearly typed or printed.

Date of Application

M____D____Y_______

 

General Information:

First Name:                                                             Last Name:

Date of Birth: M/D/Y                                              Sex:   M   F

Telephone Numbers:

Home# (        )                                                       Work# (        )

Fax# (        )                                                            E-Mail:

 

Current Address:

Permanent Address:

(Please print addresses as they would appear on a mailing label for your country)

 

Emergency Contact:

Name:

Address:

Phone: (        )                                                          Relationship to you:

 

Status: __Single __Engaged __Married __Remarried __Divorced __Separated __Widowed

(If you have been separated, remarried, divorced, widowed or engaged, please include a brief history of the circumstances, including dates.)

 

Spouses Name:

Nationality:                                                                 Birthplace:

Date of Birth: M/D/Y                                                 Date of Marriage: M/D/Y

Names and ages of your children:

 

Passport Information

Name on passport:                                                      Citizenship:

City or Country where Passport was issued:

Passport number:                                                         Date of issue: D/M/Y

Expiration Date: D/M/Y                                             Nationality:                        Birthplace:           

 

 

Social and Health Insurance Numbers

Social insurance #:                                                     Health Insurance #:

Health Insurance Company:

 

1. Spiritual Growth

• a. Outline your conversion experience and the journey that lead you to

 follow Christ.

 

• b. Describe your spiritual growth since that time. Comment on events or

spiritual experiences in your life that have led to new levels of understanding and commitment. Include character issues that God has dealt with in your life and the lessons you have learned from these experiences.

 

• c. Comment on your devotional life. Discuss prayer, reading/studying the Bible, worship, and devotions. Are you meeting your expectations for personal spiritual growth?

 

2. Relationships

a.    Please take one full page to describe your relationship with your mother

       and father.

 

b.    Briefly describe your relationship with the rest of your family.

 

c.    How does your family feel about your intentions to enroll in the

       Internship?

 

3. Leadership and Church Experience

• a. This is an advanced leadership development internship. Please briefly describe the experiences, internships or trainings you been involved in that have contributed to your growth in leadership.

 

• b. List any previous leadership/ministry experience. Describe your roles, responsibilities, highlights and low points.

 

c.   Please describe your relationship with your local church or primary          

      ministry affiliation.

 

d.   How serious do others in leadership take your leadership and the

      pursuit of what you feel called to?

 

• e. Have you ever given insight to a leader? If so, how did they respond to the revelation you gave them? If you have ever given specific prophetic words to leadership please give us the names and phone numbers of those leaders as well as a summery of the revelation.

 

• a. Give examples of how the Holy Spirit is working in your life?

 

• b. How familiar are you with the spiritual realm?

 

c.   Have you experienced miracles in your life? Please describe some of

      these experiences.

 

• c. What kind of platform ministry experience do you have? (Examples:

      preaching/teaching, dance, prophecy, singing, worship, and drama).

 

• d. When you are ministering, do you work better alone, with a team, or

under a leader/leaders?

 

3. Gifts and Strengths

 

f.   What languages do you speak and how proficiently?

 

• g. What skills, natural talents and special abilities do you possess?

 

• e. What do you think your spiritual gifts are? Do you have the opportunity to exercise these gifts in your local church body or ministry?

 

• h. Briefly explain any marketplace employment/experience that you've had.

 

• i. List and explain your top three strengths and three weaknesses.

 

4. Goals and Expectations

• a. Comment briefly on the circumstances that led up to your decision to

apply for this internship.

 

• b. Why are you interested in this internship? Please describe what spiritual and

      ministry goals you hope to fulfill through this internship.

 

c.   Briefly comment on your plans following the internship?

 

5. Missions Experience

• a. Have you ever been on a missions trip?Please tell us where, when, the nature of the outreach, what organization you went with, how long the trip was, and what your role was.

 

            b.   What experience do you have working with the poor in your community?

 

c.   Is there a particular people group or area of interest that you feel

called to? (China, orphans, widows, pastors, trafficking/prostitution, AIDS victims, etc.) explain

 

• d. How do you see missions being a part of your life in the future? Do you envision yourself occasionally doing mission work, being moderately involved in mission work, or do you envision a lifetime career in mission work?

 

• e. What do you find challenging in working with the poor?

 

• f. Do you have any practical skills that will be of use in the mission field? (nursing, dietician, mechanics, teacher, sewing, business, etc.) If so, please include your level of proficiency in these areas-are you a professional?

 

6. Working with Children

           a.     Have you ever worked with children? Please explain in what capacity 

                   you have worked with children, and for how long you worked with              

                   them. 

 

• g. Do you feel comfortable ministering to children?If yes, in what capacity? (one on one, small groups, large groups, serious settings, play settings, etc.)

 

• h. Please briefly describe how you see working with children fitting into your future. What level of involvement do you desire?

 

• i. What are the challenges you face when working with children?

 

 

We realize that the following questions are very personal. Please be assured that all answers are held in strict confidentiality and are not the basis of your acceptance in the internship program. Please answer in detail. One sentence is not sufficient.

 

5. History

• a. Have you used any of the following substances? If so, please explain

how recently, in what quantities and what process you've walked through to overcome any addictions:

1. Tobacco

2. "Soft drugs" (e.g. marijuana)

3. "Hard drugs" (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, ecstasy,  

     chemicals).

 

• b. Have you ever had psychiatric treatment? If so, please describe

                 the treatment received, dates and any lingering difficulties.

 

• c. Have been involved in any of the following? If so, please briefly explain the circumstances, length of time, extent to which you were involved and the process you've walked through to overcome them:

1. The occult.

2. Cult or sect (new age, eastern mysticism, naturalistic philosophies

    Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.)

3. Heterosexual sexual interaction. How long have you been clean 

    from this activity?

4. Pornography. If so, when was last time you were involved with it?   

    Describe briefly your struggle with it. Is it an addiction or habit?

5. Homosexuality, if so how recent and to what extent? Were you  

                     sexually involved? Have you ever had counseling about this issue?

 

• d. Do you have a history of verbal, physical or sexual abuse? If so, briefly

summarize.

 

• e. Have you ever been in prison? Convicted of a felony? Please

summarize.

 

6. Financial Status

• a. How financially stable are you at the present time?Do you have any debt? What are your current goals to become more financially stable?

 

• b. Have you ever raised support for missions work before?Were you successful?

 

• c. Do you have supporters currently who will help you finance upcoming missions trips, and who are committed to you while you are in the field?

 

8. Personal Essay

• a. Please include a 1-2 page essay explaining why you would like to be

involved in the Social Justice internship, what your heart is regarding your future and how you hope this experience will equip you.

 

7. Video

• a. If possible, please include a short video introducing yourself. It will help

us get to know you. Be creative and share things about your life currently.

 

Application Process

You may email your application answers to internship@expression58.org or mail it to: 11271 Ventura Blvd #500 Studio City, CA 91604.

 

Applications will be followed up by email and/or a phone or personal interview. Applicants will be notified regarding acceptance either way within 7 days of the phone interview. Tuition is $1950.00. A down payment of $500 is due within two weeks of acceptance. The remaining $1250 is due January 10^th. Checks may be made out to "Expression58" with "internship application fee" in the memo.