How to Become an Ordained Minister

Seeing Joey as an ordained minister to preside over Chandler and Monica's wedding in the popular TV show 'FRIENDS' was an absolute delight. Joey with his wisecracks and comic timing was an absolute delight. I mean how amazing would it be to preside over the wedding of your best friends and help them start a new life! I was just going through this text about Christianity and ordained ministers and I was thoroughly impressed. I was thinking that those around me who are interested in becoming spiritual leaders or love to perform weddings or baptisms, should definitely take a plunge. But for that one would need to know how to become an ordained minister. So let me share with you what I know about this.

What is an Ordained Minister?

Ordained ministers are basically involved in preaching. They preach sermons at churches on Sunday mornings or other days throughout the week, as per the actual church and the denomination. This is what they do traditionally. Sometimes these ordained ministers also do Christian marriage counseling. Those who are at a higher level are supposed to check on the training of the others, wanting to enter this arena and hold positions in the church. Another crucial task of the ordained ministers is to visit the sick and elderly. Simply put, people look up to these people to give them guidance and answers to life's unanswered questions through the Holy Bible, theology and so on.

Becoming an Ordained Minister

A number of things are involved when it comes to becoming an ordained minister. It is not too tough, but it is not that easy too! Here is how you do that.

Step 1
To begin with, before you take a decision to become an ordained minister, speak to a minister who has been there, done that or speak to a pastor. Get an idea about how things work as an ordained minister, what are the responsibilities and the like. Then take the final decision. Once you take the decision you cannot back off.

Step 2
Once you have taken the decision, check out the requirements to become an ordained minister. You will have to start with discernment process. This process will require an individual to meet his own pastor and this process takes a considerable time. If a person feels and thinks he is experiencing a call from God for becoming an Episcopal priest, only then he should go ahead and think of becoming an ordained minister. He should have the inclination to help people in spiritual healing. Once the call to a person's priesthood is confirmed and the discernment is done, he will need to enroll in an Episcopal divinity program in an Episcopal theological summary. The person then will have to appear for the General Ordination examination, but not before he has completed a minimum of two and a half years of her Master of Divinity degree. The candidate who is successful is then ordained by the Episcopal bishop. So these things have to be fulfilled by a person who wants to become an ordained minister. Eventually after this the individual will get the ordained minister license.

This is what it takes for becoming an ordained minister. But here you have to be physically present everywhere. There is another way too! Hang in there to know!

How to Become an Ordained Minister Online?

This is perhaps the easiest way to become an ordained minister. What you can do is go through an organization which performs ordination online. This way you can be ordained as a non denominational minister. There are churches which have their website offering ordination online. There will also be information about how much it costs to become an ordained minister and how to become an ordained minister for free or on these websites (if they ordain ministers for free). All you will have to do is fill up a form online and send it. Once the information and credentials are verified, you will receive a certificate of ordination.

If after reading all these you wondered how long does it take to become an ordained minister, then let me tell you that you will need to stock on patience. In addition to that you will have to check out the concerned codes about getting ordained in your state. Good luck!