Congregations and Non-profits

Wesley welcomes and greatly appreciates the support of congregations and non-profits in guiding our future ministers.

Our partnerships help prepare seminarians to answer the call of God for service. Our God expects much from us in living and proclaiming the Gospel in diverse contexts and methods. So too, Wesley asks a lot from the Learning Partners who guide interns along their journey of ministerial and spiritual formation.

The process for ministry settings to become partners with Wesley seminarians in preparation for the ministry field ahead of them may be found under the following accordion (+) tabs:

First Steps for Teaching Settings

Sites considered to be teaching settings consist of churches or congregations and nonprofits such as hospitals, schools, retirement communities, hospices, and campus ministries.

All teaching settings should provide two people to work with placed seminarian intern(s): congregations provide a clergy and a lay learning partner and nonprofits provide a mentoring and a site learning partner. The site contact person may or may not be one of the learning partners.

For more details on learning partner credentials, the components that make contextual education valuable, and the commitment by sites and seminarian interns are shared in these documents:

To add your site to the PMM Ministry Setting List, please proceed to the next accordion (+) tab.

Add your site to the PMM Ministry Setting List

During the placement process, the PM&M office provides a list of sites for seminarians to peruse. To add your site to the list, please complete the form below. An email will automatically be sent to the address provided and to the PM&M office.

PMM Site Interest in a PMM Intern
For sites interested in providing internships for field education through the Practice in Ministry and Mission Program (PMM).

Site Contact Information
Name of Ministry Setting:(Required)

Please provide the formal name of your ministry site.
Religious affiliation of site, if any:

Mailing Address of Site:(Required)
Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone of Site:(Required)
Include the extension, if any.
Email Address of Site:(Required)

Website of Site:(Required)

Please provide the site's website. The site's social media platform may be added as well.
Contact Information
Name of Contact(Required)

Please provide the contact's honorific (Rev., Miss, Bishop) and first and last names. Thank you.
Position of Ste Contact:(Required)

Mailing Address of Site Contact (if different from site):

Preferred Phone Number of Site Contact:(Required)
Contact Phone Number Type:

Type examples: (M)-mobile; (W)-site phone (extension); (H)-home
Email Address of Site Contact:(Required)

If you will be on the learning team, what is your planned position?(Required)

Site contact only

Clergy Learning Partner (Congregation)

Lay Learning Partner (Congregation)

Mentoring Learning Partner (Nonprofit)

Site Learning Partner (Nonprofit)
The site provides two people for the PMM Learning Team. >>For Congregations, the Clergy Learning Partner and the Lay Learning Partner. >>For Nonprofits, the Mentoring Learning partners and the Site Learning Partner.
Contracts
For sites who legally need a contract with Wesley Theological Seminary. Please email the PM&M office to work out details sooner than later. Thank you.
Placement Information
Stipend, if offered:

Stipends are optional for PMM internships. Provide the amount, if offered.
Share the advantages for an intern in your setting:(Required)
Does you site have onboarding procedures?(Required)

No, onboarding procedures are short or unnecessary.

Yes, onboarding takes more than a day.
Indicate whether the site's onboarding procedures take a significant amount of time.

Once your congregation is engaged for a potential internship…

Note: Congregations that offer nonprofit options may complete one or both applications.

Note: Congregations who are already approved PMM sites, please see the fifth accordion (+) tab before proceeding.

To complete the seminarian’s placement proposal with your congregational ministry setting:

Select the clergy and lay learning partner who will participate in the learning partnership—intern, clergy partner, and lay partner. The contact person may or may not be a member of the learning partnership.
- The clergy learning partner must meet religious affiliation or congregational standards for a pastoral leadership position, be in the current position for more than one year, and have completed a form of theological study at least one year prior to the start of a potential internship.
- The lay learning partner must be someone dedicated to supporting this endeavor with their time and in sharing personal and setting insights.
To provide the confirmation for the seminarian’s placement proposal with your ministry setting, please complete the form PMM Site Application-Agreement Form ~ Congregation and return it to the PM&M office (PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu).

Once all paperwork is received the placement proposal will be considered and all parties will be notified.

Once your nonprofit is engaged for a potential internship…

Note: Nonprofits who are already approved PMM sites, please see the fifth accordion (+) tab before proceeding.

To complete the seminarian’s placement proposal with your nonprofit ministry setting:

Select the mentoring and site learning partner who will participate in the learning partnership—intern, mentoring partner, and site partner. The contact person may or may not be a member of the learning partnership.
- The mentoring learning partner must have a minimum of three years of leadership experience and with the site for more than one year.
- The site learning partner must be someone dedicated to supporting this endeavor with their time and in sharing personal and setting insights.
To provide the confirmation for the seminarian’s placement proposal with your ministry setting, please complete the form: PMM Site Application-Agreement Form ~ Nonprofit and return it to the PM&M office (PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu).

Once all paperwork is received the placement proposal will be considered and all parties will be notified.

For currently PMM approved sites confirming a potential internship…

Ministry settings are qualified to submit the site confirmation form, if:

The site is an already approved PMM site,
The site has previously filed site agreement form, and
The site is not changing the learning partners on the application that the PM&M office has on file.

To provide the confirmation for the seminarian’s placement proposal with your ministry setting, please complete the PMM Approved Site Confirmation Form below.

Once all paperwork is received the placement proposal will be considered and all parties will be notified.

The PMM Approved Site Confirmation Form is coming soon.

For information on dates around placement deadlines and orientations see Upcoming PMM Events.

Practice in ministry and mission partnership requirements

Please sent inquires to the PM&M office: PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu.