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Not sure what to do after high school or college? Hillside Missions Organization is accepting applications for an internship program for three or twelve months.

As a Hillside Missions intern you will:

• Learn and actively participate in missions team training
• Travel on short-term trips to minister to unreached peoples
• Complete a cross-cultural ministry course program
• Study church planting, the role of the church in missions, Islam, and ESL
• Work to administer a School of Missions in Matachi, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Help with gospel distribution and church planting activities
• Participate in missions activities among the world's least reached peoples
• Gain access to a network of strategic contacts in ministry and missions
• Be provided the opportunity to seek God's will for your life

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To be eligible you must be between 18 and 30 years old with a desire to serve God. Participants must be teachable, motivated, and committed to Jesus Christ.

The program is designed to provide practical experience in all aspects of missions. 

We coordinate, administer, and execute missions activities with global impact.

We build, train, and travel with teams to areas of unreached people groups. These team trips are usually between 7 and 14 days long.

Our organization is also partnering with several other long-term missions projects around the world.

What will an intern do?

Interns will be involved in team training, development of new training materials, fundraising, budgeting, maintaining and developing long-term missions contacts, traveling with the teams, and strategic planning for reaching unreached people groups. The internship includes a short-term trip to an unreached area working with missionaries on some exciting projects. We are currently involved in projects that are allowing for people to hear the gospel for the first time, presented in a way that is native to their culture. We are very excited about these projects. This is pioneering work! The program also includes a ministerial certification study program.

In general, interns work in the Missions Office Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  The day begins with a time for devotions and prayer.  Some time will be set aside each day for study and experiential learning activities.  The rest of the day is spent working on specific tasks and projects assigned to each participant.  Tasks could include, but are not limited to, development of creative informational materials related to unreached people groups, coordinating fundraising activities, research related to missions projects, preparation of presentations for church groups, developing new contacts in unreached people group areas, administrative office support, attending and assisting with strategic planning meetings, and curriculum development support.

Interns will also be actively involved with the establishment of the School of Missions Mobilization in Matachi, Chihuahua, Mexico.  The school will train and send teams of church planters to work among the least reached people of the world.  This school, which opened on March, 31st 2007, is designed to cause measurable increase of availability of the gospel for unreached people groups. 

What about housing?

Housing is provided by the program.  The cost of housing is already included in the price of the Internship.  Some internship participants are “adopted” by a member of our church community.  Those participants have a bedroom in that family’s home.

Other participants live in an apartment with other internship participants of the same gender.  It is our hope that you will build close bonds with your host family or housemates.  We believe that this will help to create a more comfortable, enriching experience with Hillside.

What are the dates of the program?

The full program runs for 9 months.  After the 9 month program there is an optional 3 month externship overseas working with one of our long-term projects.  Typically, the program follows a traditional university semester calendar, although the dates of the internship can be flexible.

We also offer a summer program which lasts for three months.

The optional three month externship generally begins immediately following the 9 month program. 

What does the program cost?

The cost of the program is $350.00 per month.  This includes housing, meals, curriculum materials and supplies.  We also ask that interns raise support to help fund their short-term trips.  We also do some fundraising together with community events and activities.

Can I visit the office?

Yes!  We encourage all internship applicants and acceptant participants to visit the office and church before a commitment is made to the program.  This also helps to ease some of the normal anxiety that accompanies involvement in new activities and communities.  It is best to call ahead to arrange a visit.

tel. (860) 582-7700

Our office is located at: 273 Riverside Avenue Bristol, CT 06010 

Click Here to read an intern's account of her experience in the program - including her trip to a "closed country"!

Interested? Contact us for more information or Apply online!

To begin the application process, please fill out the form below and we will get in contact with you.  We can also be reached at hillside@reachthenations.org .

Internship Pre-Application