About Internships
Carey offers NZQA-accredited programmes which allow you to complete a ministry placement or internship alongside theological and biblical courses. This internship programme has been developed to enable you to serve and learn at the same time, and will help you to reflect on and integrate your learning and practice.
You can study from wherever you are based, with field education and contextual theological praxis courses forming the basis of your internship. There are no lectures for this course, all course work is online and you will be supported by the Programme Lead. You will be awarded credits towards your qualification for your ministry experience.
To find out more about how your ministry setting can form the basis of your internship, for help in finding an internship placement, or for any internship and field education queries contact Nicola Mountfort.

“At Carey we want to help you to thrive where God has called you, and also to prepare you for future ministry. Our internships are based on the reading-action-reflection model. This strives for a mutual enrichment of study and ministry to shape imaginative servants who will embody redemptive Christian leadership in their communities.”
– Nicola Mountfort,
Field Education and Internships Programme Lead
NZ Certificate in Christian Studies
Youth Ministry Discovery Internship
Upon successful completion of this programme you be awarded the NZQA-accredited New Zealand Certificate in Christian Studies (Level 5).


Children and Family Internship
Upon successful completion of this programme you be awarded the NZQA-accredited New Zealand Certificate in Christian Studies (Level 5).
Sports Chaplaincy Internship
Upon successful completion of this programme you be awarded the NZQA-accredited New Zealand Certificate in Christian Studies (Level 5).


“The internship I completed as part of my study at Carey made a huge difference to my life. I now have a better understanding of how a church works, and what it looks like to run a ministry. The internship has given me the time and knowledge I have needed to find out what I am called to.”
– Elisha Harley, Graduate, Certificate in Christian Studies (Youth)