Interning Well: A collection of articles to help church interns

by Ryan Rench

Are you planning on interning this summer? If so, read this book first. It is the culmination of several years' worth of intern staff meetings where all the mistakes, issues and teachable moments came to life. Each intern staff meeting included a training time, which was then followed up with an article that the interns read and replied to. This book is the collection of those articles. Each chapter includes some sort of philosophical or practical nugget intended to help church interns grow as Christians and as Christian workers. Although the tone is somewhat harsh, rough, or trite at times, the intent--through and through--is to build these young men into productive and solid future church staff members. Learn from others. Take past interns' mistakes, embarrassing mishaps and "duh" moments and learn from them. Learn to grow, change, improve and develop yourself through the experience of others. Read this book (and practice what it says), and you will do fine. Intern well.

190 pages, Paperback

First published October 2, 2015

About the author

Ryan Rench serves as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Temecula, CA. Ryan’s family moved to Temecula in 1986 to plant the church where Ryan was reared and is now pastor. He earned his master’s degree in ministry from Heartland Baptist Bible College in 2010.
Ryan Rench married his wife, Jamie, in 2008. They have one son named Abe (July 2012) and two daughters: Charlotte (March 2014) and Gwen (February 2016).
Ryan blogs at RyanRench.com and has published several books, including BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study and A Case For Bible College, available from Calvary Baptist Publications (CalvaryBaptist.pub.)