About NEXT
NEXT is New Ground's one-year internship/apprenticeship to help you grow deeper in your Christian walk, understand your calling and gifting, while serving in a local church. NEXT is about giving a year to God to understand what He has next for you.
Who is NEXT for?
NEXT is for anyone 18-25 who wants to embark on an adventure and see what God has in store for you them.
NEXT has three key objectives for students:
- Grow in identity and character with deep discipleship for each NEXTer to root their walk in Christ
- Be exposed to different areas of ministry to help understand your calling and gifting
- Serve wholeheartedly in the local church to fan into the flame a heart for mission and the local church
How does NEXT work?
The year comprises six main components:
- A year Bible reading plan as we want to deepen your devotional life (including monthly written or recorded submissions.
- A church placement where you will serve in your local church in a ministry area or wherever the church needs support, pared with discipleship from local church leaders. The placement can be part-time to enable you to be released to earn during your year as well.
- In-person training days – ten days, normally occurring on the third Thursday of each month, to cover different key ministry areas from great men and women of faith. These topics include Developing a Devotional Life, Apostolic Ministry, Church Planting, Evangelism, Spiritual Gifts and Prayer Healing.
- Supporting New Ground activities and serving through the year's programme at the conferences, events and meetings to help understand the apostolic heart for the Church.
- A joint training block with iD – we will be linking up with iD for one of their in-person training blocks, connecting with our wider Newfrontiers family.
- Mission trip – we hope to run a mission trip to a New Ground Hub to connect with our wider church family.
To enable this, we have a NEXT Team who are people that love the NEXT generation and want to see many released in the gifting and calling God has put on them. They will be available for mentoring and coaching you along your journey throughout the year in tandem with the local church.
A more detailed syllabus with dates and further details about 2025/26 can be found here.
Where does NEXT run?
The main base is at Hope Church Sevenoaks. However, some training days will be held in different churches across the New Ground sphere, mainly within the South East of the UK.
Cost
For the 2024/25 year, NEXT costs £1,500. This does not include accommodation in your home town, living expenses, travel costs to training or food. Additional savings/funds are needed – and therefore the budget we would suggest for the year is around £3,500.