Ministry Internship

The Ministry Internship at IBC is designed to equip men and women to serve the Lord more faithfully through growth in understanding essential doctrines related to the church’s corporate life and ministry. We aim to accomplish this by mentoring interns both individually and through group discussions on their reading and writing, as well as by discussing their observations and involvement in the corporate life and ministry of the IBC church family.

who can apply?

While we prefer interns to become members of our church for the one-year duration of the internship, we may accept external applicants who are members in good standing at another Sacramento area gospel-believing church.

what is the focus?

Monthly group discussions, mentor meetings, over 6,000 pages of reading, monthly short papers, and book logs. The internship focuses upon the doctrine of the church, including its polity, offices, practices, development of culture, participation with other churches in missions, and philosophy of ministry.

when does it run?

The internship runs from August to July. We accept applications from November 1 to January 1. Formal invitations are extended in February, with an orientation meeting in March. Group meetings begin in August, but interns get their books at the orientation so they can start pre-reading in April.

Reading and resources

While readings can change from year to year, some of the more consistent readings include:

• C.J. Mahaney, Biblical Productivity

• Tony Reinke, Lit!

• Ian Hamilton, What is Experiential Calvinism

• Michael Reeves, The Unquenchable Flame

• Robert Cole, Faithful Theology

• J.I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God

• Carl Trueman, The Creedal Imperative

• Ryan McGraw, By Good and Necessary Consequence

• Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman (eds.), Baptist Foundations

• Mark Dever, The Church

• Mark Dever, Discipling

• Jonathan Leeman, Don’t Fire Your Church Members

• Jonathan Leeman, One Assembly

• Jonathan Leeman, The Rule of Love

• Jonathan Leeman, Church Membership

• Jonathan Leeman, Church Discipline

• Tony Payne, How to Walk Into Church

• Benjamin Merkle (ed.), Shepherding God’s Flock

• Alexander Strauch, Paul’s Vision for the Deacons

• J. Ligon Duncan, Does God Care How We Worship?

• Bobby Jamieson, Going Public

• Bobby Jamieson, Understanding the Lord’s Supper

• Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine

• Joe Thorn, The Life of the Church

• Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop, The Compelling Community

• Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert, What is the Mission of the Church?

• Andy Johnson, Missions

• Paul Seger, Senders

• Iain Murray, Evangelicalism Divided

• Michael Bennett, Do You Feel Called By God?

• Tony Payne and Phillip Jensen, Guidance and the Voice of God

For more information or to apply, please contact our church office.