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Download an application (pdf) and references packet. Get your application and references into the national Chi Alpha office by February 1st.

Send your application and references to:

• Chi Alpha Campus Ministries CMIT Program
  c/o Bob Marks
  1445 Boonville Avenue
  Springfield, MO 65802

The Personnel Director will notify you of your status by March 1. If accepted into the national CMIT program, you will be invited into the new staff training phase, which includes a Support Raising Training seminar, a training conference at the end of June called the Reach the University Institute (RUI), and the Campus Missionary in Training (CMIT) internship.

Once accepted into the national CMIT program, the intern candidate will need to request a CMIT account. It generally takes a month to get an account number approved and set up through Assemblies of God U.S. Missions (AGUSM) in Springfield, MO.

Contact the Chi Alpha Personnel Director:

• Bob Marks
  417-862-2871 x 1425
  BMarks(at)ag.org

The AGUSM finance office will then notify the candidate of their open account with the mailing of an instructional packet with the following enclosures: official notification from AGUSM with a CMIT account number, information on how the financial support system operates, a receipt book for donor contributions, pledge forms, and a budget amount to be raised for their internship.

Initial training in how to raise an intern budget will come from Chi Alpha Support Raising Trainers in your area, and/or the CMIT director of the program you are accepted into.

One of the goals of the Support Raising Training Seminar is to give intern candidates the confidence, skills, and plan necessary to start building a support team for their internship.

Once an intern receives a CMIT account at AGUSM (and completes the Support Raising Training seminar), the intern candidate is able to begin raising funds. This account will be open to receive one time financial gifts and monthly pledges for the intern. When the intern raises their full budget, they will be approved by the personnel office to relocate to their internship site. The intern candidate will then be able to receive a monthly payment from their account for salary and work expenses. AGUSM will then send a check (either by mail or direct deposit, once requested by the intern) by the tenth of each month, with a statement of where the funds came from.

Note: Funds may not be drawn out of an intern's account until they raise their full budget and start their internship.

Intern candidates will attend the two week Reach the University Institute (RUI) in June. RUI is an entry level leadership conference where you learn the values, vision, philosophy and strategy of campus missions. It's an informational and practical gateway to a potential career in ministry to students. Interns are expected to attend RUI before they enter their CMIT internship.

Note: We aim to see each intern candidate raise at least $500 in monthly pledges for their internship by the time they attend the Reach the University Institute in mid June.

In the CMIT application, you are asked to select the top three choices of where you would prefer to take your internship. Once you are accepted as an intern candidate, the Personnel Director forwards your application packet to the first choice on your list. The CMIT director of that location will review your application and determine if they will accept you. If they accept you, you will be notified by the CMIT director within 2 weeks. If they don't accept you (possibly because their program is full), your application packet will be forwarded to the second choice on your list of preferred programs. Most interns are confirmed for their internship site by April 15.