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Internships/Research
Many students majoring in Bible and religion have done a summer internship with the Ministry Inquiry Program (MIP). MIP provides students with leadership opportunities in a host congregation (congregations are Mennonite but MIP is open to students of any denomination) where members and pastors have agreed to involve the student in a variety of pastoral ministry experiences. These internships provide students with a viable opportunity to test their pastoral gifts and interests in a welcoming congregational context. In the past three years, students have done such internships at churches in Markham, Ill., San Antonio, Texas, Reedley, Calif. and Elkhart, Ind.
Seniors in the department are required to complete a year-long research project on a topic of their choice. Some recent senior seminars topics have included:
- “Principle and Process: The Call of a Church Document”
- “The Lord’s Resistance Army and Religious Rhetoric in Uganda, 1980 to 2000”
- “Fragile Bonds and Global Fellowship: The Ninth Mennonite World Conference in Curitiba, Brazil, 1972”
- “Emplaced: A Personal and Scholarly Exploration of Sacred Space”
- “A Church Divided: Fundamentalism and Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson, Nebraska, 1934-1950”