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Career Details :: Clergy

Description

Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. Provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

• Leads congregation in worship services.
• Administers religious rites or ordinances.
• Interprets doctrine of religion.
• Prepares and delivers sermons and other talks.
• Instructs people who seek conversion to faith.
• Writes articles for publication.
• Engages in interfaith, community, civic, educational, and recreational activities sponsored by or related to interest of denomination.
• Visits sick and shut-ins and helps poor.
• Counsels those in spiritual need.
• Conducts wedding and funeral services.

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• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Sociologists
  
• Vocational Education Teachers Postsecondary
  

Important Abilities

• Speech Clarity
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension

General Work Activities

• Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
• Performing for/Working With Public
• Interpreting Meaning of Information to Others

Important Skills

• Speaking
  
• Social Perceptiveness
  
• Service Orientation
  
• Active Listening
  
• Writing
  

Frequent Work Context

• Objective or Subjective Information
• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Indoors
• Provide a Service to Others
• Deal With External Customers

Related Majors

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Associate Ministry	[ add ]
Bible	[ add ]
Bible Studies	[ add ]
Bible/Ministry	[ add ]
Bible/Theology	[ add ]
Biblical Archaeology	[ add ]
Biblical Counseling	[ add ]
Biblical Interpretation	[ add ]
Biblical Interpretations	[ add ]
Biblical Studies	[ add ]
Biblical Studies/Missions	[ add ]
Biblical/Theological Studies	[ add ]
Camping/Recreation/Outdoor Ministries	[ add ]
Children's Ministries	[ add ]
Children's Ministry	[ add ]
Christian Education/Church Leadership	[ add ]
Christian Ministries	[ add ]
Christian Ministries/Bible	[ add ]
Christian Ministries/Missions	[ add ]
Christian Ministry	[ add ]
Church Administration	[ add ]
Church Business Administration	[ add ]
Church Careers	[ add ]
Church Ministries	[ add ]
Church Ministry	[ add ]
Church Music/Youth Ministries	[ add ]
Church Recreation	[ add ]
Church School Administration	[ add ]
Congregational/Youth Ministries	[ add ]
Contemporary Ministries	[ add ]
Counseling Ministries	[ add ]
Evangelism	[ add ]
Family/Children's Ministries	[ add ]
Homiletics	[ add ]
Lay Ministry	[ add ]
Ministerial	[ add ]
Ministerial Studies	[ add ]
Ministry	[ add ]
Ministry Careers	[ add ]
Missiology	[ add ]
Mission	[ add ]
Missions	[ add ]
Missions/Intercultural Studies	[ add ]
New Testament	[ add ]
Old Testament	[ add ]
Pastoral Counseling	[ add ]
Pastoral Ministries	[ add ]
Pastoral Ministry	[ add ]
Pastoral Studies	[ add ]
Pastoral Theology/Counseling	[ add ]
Physical Education in a Non-school Setting	[ add ]
Pre-Ministry	[ add ]
Pre-Seminary	[ add ]
Preaching	[ add ]
Religion/Biblical Literature	[ add ]
Religious Counseling	[ add ]
Theology/Divinity	[ add ]
Urban Ministries	[ add ]
Worship Arts	[ add ]
Youth Ministries	[ add ]
Youth Ministries/Adolescent Studies	[ add ]
Youth Ministry	[ add ]

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