Internships & Placement
Service & Internship Opportunities
Bethel Seminary Seminary Placement Current Student and Alumni Service, Employment & Internship Opportunities
Churches and ministry agencies listed here partner with Bethel to provide supportive environments for worship and ministry exploration for our students in a service or internship capacity.
Note to students: To use any of these opportunities to satisfy your degree program’s internship requirement, you must seek approval from the Director of Internship through the regular internship preparation process and work with the church or agency to meet Bethel’s internship requirements.
Churches may inquire about being added to this list by contacting the Office of Internship and Placement.
We update this list as needed. Please check back periodically for more opportunities.
Friendship Place
Friendship Place is a ministry of Olmsed Outreach that serves southeast Rochester. Our mission is to be a safe place where children can always find a friend. We provide a caring environment where we demonstrate the love of Christ in our daily interactions with people of all races, ethnic groups and religions.
Japanese Student Connections
Japanese Student Connections was founded in Minneapolis in 2007. We have chapters across Japan for Alumni and multiple ministry sites in Minnesota. In the Twin Cities area we run three different outreach communities for Japanese, and one is specifically for English Students (18 to 19 years old). For more information or who to contact with questions please see the position information flyer.
Camp Omega internships
Camp Omega in Waterville, MN is has a variety of student ministry and non-profit management positions open for either insternships or volenteer oppertunities. Since 1964, Camp Omega has been a place of God’s ministry and changing lives.
Contact Bob LaCroix with questions or for more information.
Youth Ministry Intern
Future City Church in White Bear Lake, MN is excited to offer a part-time volunteer opportunity to get ministry experience and to help form this youth ministry!
Contact Gabe Brennan at futurecitychurch@gmail.com with questions.
Minnesota Veterans Home
Chaplain John Steiner and I have the honor of serving 300 veterans at this 24/7 nursing care facility.
We have an ecumenical Christian worship service each Sunday at 10 a.m. We need help getting residents to and from our worship space (many residents are in wheelchairs and need pushed from their room to worship). We would also welcome Bethel students to help lead portions of the worship service while supported by myself or Chaplain John.
Minnesota Veterans Home-Minneapolis
Contact: Brandon Newton, Chaplin Office: 612.548.5940
ESTHER Homes Inc.
741 Aurora Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104
Internship Position, Part-time, Egalitarian
ESTHER Homes exists to come alongside pregnant women and single mothers experiencing homelessness or crisis by providing transitional housing and access to resources within a community of support. Families have their own room in a shared home for up to two years with access to live-in staff support while they acquire job training, further education, save money, grow as mothers, and work towards long-term housing. We believe relationships are the key to family stability and multi-generational impact.
ESTHER Homes was established in 2015 and operates housing programs in St. Paul and Eden Prairie. Full-time staff live and office out of each location, providing direct support to families and carrying out other responsibilities such as: direct social services, prenatal care coordination, program development and administration, community development, grant writing, and social media and fundraising.
We are a small, dynamic team with education in social work, nursing and midwifery, urban planning, and intercultural studies. We push each other to show up and be present rather than perfect.
We’re looking to create an intern team with broad skill sets, backgrounds, and perspectives. Ambitious self-starting undergraduates and graduate students with creativity, adaptability, and a learner mindset should apply.
If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to rachel@estherhomesmn.com
20schemes
PO Box 1491, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004
20schemes is seeking men and women to serve as short-term interns on church planting teams in the schemes of Scotland. This is a wonderful training opportunity for Christians of any age who wish to learn about ministry in difficult areas or gain experience sharing the gospel and discipling new believers.
For more information, call Marci Haydon at 502.507.2756 or visit their website.
A Christian Ministry in the National Parks
Multiple Locations
Ministry Focus
A Christian Ministry in the National Parks (ACMNP) sends teams each summer and winter to parks across the U.S. & Canada where they are both working and leading ministry efforts in a park community. Our participants work seasonal jobs at resort companies while leading interdenominational worship services and engaging in relational ministry efforts at their place of employment.
Contact: info@acmnp.com, acmnp.com/apply/ or 800.786.3450
Calvary Lutheran Church
7520 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Contact: Zach Thompson, 763.545.5659
Cerenity Senior Care
1900 Webber Street, White Bear Lake
Cornerstone Church of Blaine
Roosevelt Middle School, 650 125th Ave, Blaine, MN
Multi-generational E-free church plant in Blaine.
Contact: interim pastor Brent Costello, 763.783.1983
Emmanuel Christian Center
7777 University Ave NE, Spring Lake Park, MN
Contact: Dr. Lori Dykstra, 763.784.7777
Faith Christian Reformed Church
1600 Silver Lake Rd NW, New Brighton, MN 55112
Contact: Adam Stout, 612.323.2573
First Baptist Church of Minneapolis
1021 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN
A community seeking to know Jesus more and become more like Him in the way we live our lives. Many paid internships available each year.
Contact: Matt Clausen, 612.332.3651
First Baptist Church
600 4th St, Wellman, IA 52356
Contact: Andrew Lundstrom, 319.646.2254
First Calvary Baptist Church
5495 S Robert Trail, Inver Grove Heights, MN
Great church and pastor, in the independent Baptist movement (conservative, complementarian)
Contact: Mike VerWay, 651.451.6487
Good News Jail and Prison Ministry
1145 Shenandoah Lane, Plymouth, MN
Contact: Jeff Freeman, 612.596.0090
Lutheran Church of Hope
Several locations in the Des Moines, IA area
Contact: Jon Anenson, 515.282.4481
Mill City Church
685 13th Ave Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55413
Mill City Church is a neighborhood focused church in Northeast Minneapolis.
Contact: Stephanie O'Brien, 612.353.1755
Minnesota Veteran's Home
Multiple sites
Contact: John Steiner, 612.548.5939
Mounds Park United Methodist Church
1049 Euclid St, St. Paul, MN 55106
Small, ethnically diverse UMCchurch in the Dayton's Bluff area, seeking to strengthen ties to Bethel. Evangelical in spirit.
Contact: Jay Jeong, 651.774.8736
New Hope Community Church
33030 Vichers St NE, Cambridge, MN 55008
Bethel graduate with a vision to mentor new leaders. Can offer paid internships on a limited basis.
Contact: Bill Berg, 763.552.7979
Oak Haven Church
1555 Constance Blvd NE, Ham Lake, MN
Bethel grad with a vision to mentor new leaders, and a thoughful approach to ministry.
Contact: Andy Kumpel, 763.434.6013
Presbyterian Church of the Way
3382 Lexington Ave N, Shoreview, MN 55126
Presbyterian church close to Bethel. Great community with an opportunity to explore ministry in the Presbyterian faith community.
Contact: David Parker, 651.484.3346
Presbyterian Homes
Various Locations
Chaplain internship in long-term care setting, supervised by a qualified chaplain in a supportive spiritual community, with exposure to a variety of experiences.
Contact: Chris Wheatley, 612.269.1384
Redeemer Covenant Church
61 Mississippi Way NE, Fridley, MN 55432
Redeemer loves Bethel interns and has had at least one Seminary student and several CAS students.
Contact: Brian Montague, 763.574.7445
Sanctuary Covenant Church
2018 Aldrich Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Sanctuary Covenant loves North minneapolis. It's the geographic center of the church community. Wonderfully missional and diverse, and an opportunity to explore the Covenant.
Contact: Edrin Williams, 612.692.6575
Southtown Baptist Church
2600 W 82nd St, Bloomington, MN 55431
Ministry Focus: To honor God by joining Him in creating His multi-ethnic group of believers who will help people say "yes" to Jesus' love, "yet" to Jesus' truth and "Yes" to Jesus' mission.
Contact: Chris Reinertson, 952.881.1122
The Why Church
Elk River YMCA, 13337 Business Ctr, Dr NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Contact: Bjorn Dixon, 763.230.2814
Vine Church
3244 22nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Multi-ethnic church in the urban context. Pastor Lindberg is energized to mentor the next generation of leadership in Gospel ministry.
Contact: Stewart Lindberg, 612.722.3316
WayCross Evangelical Church
7733 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN
WayCross is a small church that is seeking to be missional with the Brooklyn Park community. They believe that kingdom fruit flows from a close, abiding relationship with Jesus Christ. Their focus is to know Christ deeply and to minister out of a place of intimacy and oneness with Him. The church has a strong young adult community and offers a variety of internship opportunities to ministry students.
Contact: Jonathan Nelson, 763.561.9152
Westwood Community Church
3121 Westwood Drive, Excelsior, MN 55331
Contact: Jill Fox, 952.224.7480