For example, the Presbyterian church requires active church membership, coming under care (providing your religious testimony and the reasons you feel called to church work), licensure (completing a Bachelor’s degree and seminary training, completing exams) a call to work at a church congregation, and ordination into the role of minister. [4] X Research source As another example, the Baptist Church distinguishes between state licensed and church ordained ministers, and only ordained ministers can perform marriage ceremonies for a church. Each church decides how to ordain a minister but typically offer ordination following graduation from seminary.
