SOS Academy

The SOS Academy is a one year internship that seeks to equip and encourage recent college graduates as they learn to love God and their neighbor in the inner city of Memphis, TN.

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Each year we accept no more than 10 interns to participate in the SOS Academy. Our interns will gain practical, hands on experience in urban ministry. They will be discipled and equipped as followers of Christ. And they will do all of this while living in community in an urban poor neighborhood in Memphis, TN.

 

What can you expect from the SOS Academy?

  • Biblical Training. All interns will receive a comprehensive Biblical overview and discipleship training from the Downline Institute with Downline Ministries.
  • Community. Each week our interns will have the chance to build community with each other and their neighbors through team prayer times, team dinners, and simply living life together in the inner city of Memphis.
  • Mercy Ministry Training. To help them learn more about ministry among the poor, interns will study and discuss books from a selected curriculum.  Some books we will study include: Generous Justice by Tim Keller, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, Restoring At Risk Communities, edited by John Perkins and Toxic Charity by Bob Lupton, among others.
  • International Trip. All interns will participate in an International Vision Trip to expose them to the work of God around the globe.  In the past we have been to places like Ethiopia, India, and China.
  • Church Life. Interns will be have the opportunity to be connected to the Body by being a part of a local church plant in the inner city neighborhood where they will live and serve.
  • Practical Experience. For the majority of the week, interns will be serving at one of our many partner ministries, gaining tons of practical experience working among the urban poor.  Some partner organizations include Eikon Ministries, BDC, CCHS, Cornerstone Prep, Memphis Urban Farms, and many others.
  • Leadership development. All interns will gain practical and classroom leadership development.  We will work through communication styles, StregthsFinder, spiritual gifts, and personality profiles to help all interns grow as leaders.

The SOS Academy runs from September 1 – July 31

Deadline to apply is June 15, 2012

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SOS Academy Components

The SOS Academy has four components: Incarnation, Theology, Application, and Exposure.  Click here for more information about these components.

FAQ’s

Still have questions?  Click here for some common questions and answers about the SOS Academy.

How to apply:

Complete the SOS Academy Application by June 15th.


After you submit your application, have at least one of your references fill out the SOS Academy Confidential Reference Form.

 

For more information please contact:
Philip Walkley, Academy Director
Email: philip@sosmemphis.org
Office: (901) 681-9044
www.sosmemphis.org