Intern Staff Application

Intern Staff Application

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MINISTRY LOCATION
Select the location that you apply to*

Asia MinorSoutheast AsiaJapanUnited StatesOther

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SPIRITUAL LIFE AND MINISTRY EXPERIENCE
1. Write a paragraph or two describing how and when you came to know Jesus Christ personally.*
2. Name of the denomination or affiliation of the church you attend currently (fill in how long you've attended and what your involvement is).*
3. Describe how you pursue spiritual growth and what God has been teaching you (including frequency and amount of time you spend with the Lord).*
4. Describe your past ministry involvement and training (evangelism, discipleship, Bible studies, conferences, short term mission, etc.).*
5. What professional groups, clubs, or community organizations are you involved with?*
6. What leadership positions have you held in ministry, in your community, or in other activities (sports, clubs, etc.)?*
7a. What is your understanding of and attitude toward initiative evangelism?*
7b. Are you willing to be trained in initiative evangelism?*

YesNo
8. Are you willing to relocate?*

YesNo
9. Are you applying for an international assignment?*

YesNo

DESCRIBE YOURSELF

	A	B	C
What do you consider your personal strengths?
What do you consider your personal weaknesses/development areas?
Adjectives Friends Use to Describe You

38. What do you believe are your ministry strengths?*
39. What specific areas of your ministry would you like to see developed or improved?*
40. What is your attitude and experience in building cross-cultural relationships?*
41. Have you ever struggled with an eating disorder?*

YesNo
If yes, please explain, including dates, and growth you may have experienced.*
42. Have you ever struggled with prolonged depression, strong anxiety, self-harm, or thoughts of suicide in a way that has affected your ability to do your job or school work?*

YesNo
If yes, please explain the frequency and type of impact this had on you.*
43. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?*

YesNo
If yes, please write a short paragraph below explaining the offense(s), the dates it occurred and any details that would be helpful for us to know.*
44. Describe your relationship with your family today. (the family you grew up in if you are a recent college graduate, your immediate family otherwise)*
45. How does your family feel about your desire to work with SOON?*
46. Briefly describe some of the relational highs and lows you’ve had as you’ve worked with teams.*

SEXUAL WHOLENESS
47a. What is your understanding of God's design for Christian marriage?*
47b. What is your understanding of God's design for sexual involvement prior to and within marriage?*
As SMG missionaries, we are in a position of spiritual leadership and have a high level of influence in the lives of others. I Timothy 3 outlines many qualifications for those in spiritual leadership. Because of our position, each SMG missionary is asked to exhibit strong convictions and a lifestyle consistent with biblical standards in the sexual area of their life so that we may have an honorable reputation as ministers of the gospel. We recognize that behavior alone is an incomplete reflection of the heart, so it is our desire to engage with you in such a way that we consider the deeper stories that are behind the behavior. We affirm that God is always working to renew and transform our hearts and to redeem that which is broken within us. The following questions are asked with that in mind.

NOTE: Because of the sensitive nature of these questions (or if you are uncomfortable entering this through the secure website), you may prefer to discuss your answers over the phone.
48. Would you prefer to answer this section of questions through a phone interview?*

YesNo
If you answer yes, please share as much as you feel comfortable in writing on each of the following questions.
49. Singles- In the past 3 years, have you had sexual involvement with the opposite sex or same sex which wouldn’t be considered honoring to God? (Including,but not limited to, physical touching leading to arousal &/or stimulation, oral sex, intercourse)?

YesNo
What was the extent of the physical involvement? Please be specific.
If yes, what was the extent of the physical involvement? Please be specific.
How has this affected your relationship?
Was this with the opposite sex or same sex?
50. In the past 3 years, have you intentionally viewed pornographic material, read erotic literature, engaged in sexting, or participated in voyeurism in any form?

YesNo
If yes, when were the last three incidents?
Please describe the incident(s) or pattern of behavior. (This includes the nature of the material, time involved, what happened, and the impact it had on you.)
51. Some people have found that their same-sex attraction can complicate ministry relationships or friendships. Has this ever been your experience?

YesNo
If yes, please elaborate.
52. How would you advise someone who is struggling with sexual purity in a relationship or someone who is living outside of God’s plan in the sexual area of their life (i.e. sexual involvement outside marriage, same sex relationship)?
53. Please explain any personal guidelines you have set to help you maintain sexual purity in relationships.
54. If you have had struggles with sexual purity in the past or present, how have you responded to these in your relationship with God? (Ex: How have you approached feelings of grief, guilt, and shame? How have you experienced God’s love and forgiveness?)
55. If you have been struggling in this area, please describe whether you have been able to share about it with someone and how that has impacted your growth.
56. What practical measures have you put in place to help you in your growth?
57. What are you learning about the deeper heart issues behind your behavior?
58. Do you have any additional comments or clarifications?

FINANCIAL / MPD
SMG Missionary Staff Members raise their own financial and prayer support. Below are several statements which speak about SMG’s view of what we call Ministry Partner Development (MPD).

There are many advantages to this financial paradigm. The most significant advantage is that our “ministry partners” commit themselves to praying for our ministry. Psalm 127:1 tells us, “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” A ministry that is not founded upon and supported by prayer is a ministry that is doomed to failure. Therefore, our ministry partners play a critical role in the success of our ministry, not only through their financial giving, but also significantly through their prayers. Each staff member, including our president, is responsible for building a team of individuals and churches who work together to finance his or her ministry. Just as the pastor of a local church is paid as a result of the generous giving of his/her congregation, so our missionaries are paid as a result of the generous giving of our ministry partners.

SMG provides in-depth training for new missionaries. The training will provide you with an orientation to the ministry, an understanding of our mission and methods, and the tools you will need to communicate about your ministry to raise funds. Staff receive individual coaching, support and accountability throughout their ministry partner development process.

SMG is a faith-based missions organization. Becoming a SMG missionary staff, Intern, STINTer, or Part Time Field Staff involves not only meeting the standards for missionary service, but also raising funds to cover the financial needs of your personal ministry.
59. If accepted, are you aware that you must raise your own financial support and that SMG is not responsible for your expenses above that which you have raised?*
60. What is your attitude toward, and previous experience with, developing a team of ministry partners?*
61. Are you willing to initiate (through letters, phone calls, and setting up appointments) with people and ask them to join your team?*

YesNo
If no, please explain.*
62. Are you willing to commit yourself to spending the majority of your hours/week working on MPD during the months prior to reporting to your assignment?*

YesNo
If no, please explain.*
63. Do you have any other plans for the months prior to reporting, other than focusing on MPD?*

JOB DESCRIPTION
Below are two representative job descriptions, one for a field role and one for an operations role. At the end of these two job descriptions, please tell us about your ability to meet the physical requirements of this job.
FIELD JOB DESCRIPTION
This Job Description is generic in nature and should not be viewed as a specific job description in relation to a specific role you might have with SMG. It is, however, a description of the kinds of job duties SMG staff have in terms of essential cognitive and physical knowledge, skills, and abilities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

SMG missionary and ministry staff will demonstrate a balanced, Spirit-filled Christian lifestyle and maintain biblical priorities in commitments to ministry, family, associates, personal interests and study.

MINISTRY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrate faith and love for the Lord
- Demonstrate leadership
- Contribute effectively in a team environment
- Grow in love for others
- Cultivate a solid team of ministry partners who give financially and pray regularly
FIELD MINISTRY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Introduce others to Jesus
- Follow up with new believers
- Plant and grow new movements
QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Ministry organization, operations, policies, values, and objectives
- New staff training curriculum (per role)
- Operation, procedures and precedents of the ministry and team to which assigned
- Knowledge of current technology relevant to effective ministry
- Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary
- Oral and written communication skills
- Basic tenants of the Christian faith and practice
ABILITY TO:
- Grow in relationship with God, in faith and in the application of God’s Word to self and others
- Effectively communicate ministry objectives, values, and methodologies
- Understand and express abstract concepts with others
- Apply common SMG conceptual frameworks in practical ministry (i.e. growth model, leadership framework, and others defined in appropriate training curriculum)
- Work independently with little direction
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with others, in the context of a team, with those in the movement and with those on in the ministry audience to which you will relate
- Plan and organize work
- Work confidentially with discretionMaintain records and prepare reports
- Train and provide direction for others
- Use the technology necessary to carry out these responsibilities
- Engage in critical thinking as job responsibilities are carried out
- Understand and verbally express relational, Biblical, and abstract concepts
- Learn often used SMG conceptual frameworks – growth model, leadership framework, and others defined in the appropriate training curriculum
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

A college degree or commensurate life and work experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to communicate and listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include sufficient ability to read, write, interact with people interpersonally, and move independently from place to place. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but varies by assignment. The work environment is typically in places where the people you are seeking to reach live, work, study, and enjoy leisure activities.
OPERATIONS JOB DESCRIPTION
This Job Description is generic in nature, and should not be viewed as a specific or accurate job description in relation to a specific role you might have with SMG. It is, however, a description of the kinds of job duties SMG staff have in terms of essential mental and physical knowledge, skills, and abilities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

SMG missionary and ministry staff will demonstrate a balanced, Spirit-filled Christian lifestyle and maintain biblical priorities in commitments to ministry, family, associates, personal interests and study.

MINISTRY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrate faith and love for the Lord
- Demonstrate leadership
- Grow in love for others
- Cultivate a solid team of ministry partners who give financially and pray regularly
- Seek to share your faith and disciple young believers as the job environment provides an opportunity
OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Grow in proficiency according to the job responsibilities for your role
- Grow in effective teamwork
- Develop a position focus and personal development plan, carry it out, and evaluate it for further effectiveness
QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Ministry organization, operations, policies, values, and objectives
- Training curriculum (per role)
- Operation, procedures and precedents of the ministry and team to which assigned
- Current computer software, operations, technology and other office-related equipment required to effectively carry out duties
- Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary
- Oral and written communication skills
- Basic tenants of the Christian faith and practice
- Learn often used SMG conceptual frameworks – growth model, leadership framework, others defined in the appropriate training curriculum
ABILITY TO:
- Grow in relationship with God, in faith and in the application of God’s Word to self and others
- Effectively communicate ministry objectives, values, and methodologies
- Understand and express abstract concepts with others
- Work independently with little direction
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with others, in the context of a team, with those in the movement and with those in the ministry context
- Plan and organize work
- Work confidentially with discretion
- Maintain records and prepare reports
- Train and provide direction for others
- Use technology necessary to carry out these responsibilities
- Engage in critical thinking as job responsibilities are carried out
- Understand and verbally express relational, Biblical, and abstract concepts
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

A college degree or commensurate life and work experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to communicate and listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include sufficient ability to read, write, interact with people interpersonally, and move independently from place to place. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment is typically an office setting.
64. Do you have any questions about the general job descriptions presented here?*

YesNo
If you answered yes, what are your questions?*
65. Are you able to fulfill the responsibilities listed in the Job Description with or without accommodation?*

I can fulfill these duties without accommodation.I believe I can fulfill these duties but will need some accommodation.I do not believe I can fulfill these duties, even with accommodation.

STATEMENT OF FAITH
The sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God’s infallible written Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe that it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it was written without error (inerrant) in the original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks.

We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because of the specialized calling of our movement, we desire to allow for freedom of conviction on other doctrinal matters, provided that any interpretation is based upon the Bible alone, and that no such interpretation shall become an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has called us.
- There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
- Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
- He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for human sins by dying on the cross as a substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
- He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.
- He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and humanity, continually makes intercession for His own.
- Adam and Eve were originally created in the image of God. They sinned by disobeying God; thus, they were alienated from their Creator. That historic fall brought all people under divine condemnation.
- Human nature is corrupted. As a result, all people are totally unable to please God. Everyone is in need of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Salvation is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justified them in His sight.
- It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word.
- The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to individuals. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the believer's life by faith.
- Believers are called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that they will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.
- Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all people, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith.
  God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures and for mutual encouragement.
- At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of the body to everlasting glory and blessing.
- At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of the body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.
- Jesus Christ will come again to the earth – personally, visibly and bodily – to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.
- The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to disciple people from every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.”
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REFERENCES
Applicants to the GCTC program are required to submit the following references below. (Please do not select family members.)

Please contact your SMG Staff, Spiritual Leader & Pastor letting them know that they will be receiving an email from SMG to fill out your reference form.

If you cannot provide a name for a certain category, do the best of what you can. We would rather have a reference from someone who knows you well than from someone who does not know you well that fits the category. For instance, we would rather have a reference from a spiritual leader who knows you well than from a SMG staff who does not.
SMG Staff Reference Name*
SMG Staff Reference Email*
example@example.com
Spiritual Leader Reference Name*
Spiritual Leader Reference Email*
example@example.com
Peer Reference 01 Name*
Peer Reference 01 Email*
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Peer Reference 02 Name*
Peer Reference 02 Email*
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Pastor Reference Name*
Pastor Reference Email*
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Employer Reference

(if not able to use current employer, use a previous employer)
Currently Employed References
Currently Employed References Email
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As a current or recently employed STINTer, Intern, or Part-Time Field Staff, you are only required to provide three references:
1. Current Team Leader
2. Current Team Member
3. and a Peer or Spiritual Leader of your choice.
Each reference should be someone who has known you well during your time of service.
Current Team Leader Reference
Current Team Leader Reference Email
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Current Team Member Reference
Current Team Member Reference Email
example@example.com
Peer or Spiritual Reference
Peer or Spiritual Reference Email
example@example.com
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Intern Staff Application

MINISTRY LOCATION

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

DEBT CALCULATOR

SPIRITUAL LIFE AND MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

SUBSTANCE USE

THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS

DESCRIBE YOURSELF

SEXUAL WHOLENESS

FINANCIAL / MPD

JOB DESCRIPTION

FIELD JOB DESCRIPTION

OPERATIONS JOB DESCRIPTION

STATEMENT OF FAITH

REFERENCES