In my PCA we have always had one or two interns (WTS, PTS, online at Reformed). This year we have three interns. They do various things in the church. We have an evening service with a shorter (20 minutes) sermon and the various interns and REs preach. My husband has an MDiv from WTS but is not an elder (being Baptist excludes him) and preached twice this winter (but not on Baptism
) Thinking back, we had an intern who was in his last year at WTS a couple years ago and he preached on a Sunday AM when the pastor went on vacation, as has another WTS intern. One intern did a Good Friday service that draws some vistors.
My pastor is very into obeying the BCO so I have to assume there must be some provision for letting unordained seminary students have a chance to preach now and then. One of them in particular was excellent. Is this not common in the PCA? I would hope seminary students are offered a pulpit now and then at churches, at least for an evening.