Field Education at Wesley: Practice in Ministry and Mission
The field education experience at Wesley prepares seminarians to serve the community effectively as ministers of the Gospel in a culturally diverse world. The Practice in Ministry and Mission (PM&M) office collaborates with congregations (of various denominations) and nonprofits (hospitals, college campus ministries, retirement communities, social justice organizations, charitable support, etc.) to setup internships at approved ministry teaching settings.
PM&M Program
The prerequisite to start and internship (field education) for PMM or SPP is 24 credit hours (including Spiritual Formation for the Practice of Ministry courses: MM101 and MM102). Seminarians can fulfill their PM&M requirement over two consecutive summers or one academic year.
Summer internships are full-time (25 hours/week for 9 weeks).
Fall/spring (academic year) internships are part-time (8-9 hours per week for the duration of the academic year).
Questions? Please contact the PM&M Office.
Student Pastor Program (SPP)
For seminarians who are the lead pastor of a congregation before the internship begins. See the information on the PM&M program.
If you are a lead pastor interested in applying to Wesley DC, please discuss this field education option with our Admissions team upon application.
Questions? Please contact the SPP team or the PM&M office (PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu).
Potential Placement
Sites are annually invited or may at any time request to become a PMM listed site. Seminarians are able to view these sites on the Blackboard organization PMM-001 PMM Ministry Setting Listed Sites submitting the interest form on on Congregations and Nonprofits.
Persons who are lead pastors are designated as Student Pastors (SPP).
Each seminarian seeking a placement may also propose a ministry setting that is either a congregation or a nonprofit. Information to share with these potential sites may be found on Congregations and Nonprofits and Current Learning Partnerships.
The complete seminarian placement process for both PMM and SPP placements is found on Applying for PM&M-the one stop spot for the PM&M placement process.
The PM&M faculty and staff are available to advise and assist you with all aspects of the PM&M program, which includes student pastors. The PM&M office is located at Wesley's main campus in the Kresge building, office suite K-107. Please feel free to contact us.
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Page
PM&M Director
JPage@WesleySeminary.edu
Rev. Dr. Nick Works
PM&M Advisor
NWorks@WesleySeminary.edu
Dr. Emily Peck & Dr. Nick Works
Support to match vocational goals to placement types
PMMDiscernment@WesleySeminary.edu.
Rev. Debra M. Whitten
PM&M Program Administrator
PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu
