Woody Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 How to Become a Seventh Day Adventist Pastor eHow.com .Instructions •Step 1: Join the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Candidates for membership must undergo baptism by water immersion following a period of study to learn fundamental beliefs and practices of the church. •Step 2: Be a deacon or deaconess. As a lay person you can become involved in a particular ministry of the church such as visiting the sick or teaching a Sabbath School class. •Step 3: Attend an Adventist college. There are a number of four-year colleges in the U.S. established by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. A person who wants to be a pastor would study religion as an undergraduate. •Step 4: Become a church elder. An interest in evangelism is key in becoming a local church elder. Elders are ordained in a church ceremony. •Step 5: Receive a master of divinity degree. Andrews University in Michigan is the primary theological institution for candidates who will become ordained ministers of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. This period of study lasts two or three years. •Step 6: Be a pastoral intern. Upon graduation from seminary, a pastoral intern is hired by a local conference and given a ministerial license. Pastoral interns work under close supervision of a ordained pastor for a year or more, after which the intern may be given the responsibility of pastoring at a smaller church. •Step 7: Become a pastor. Adventists believe that pastors are divinely called to ministry and they are ordained by the church for their ministry. The local conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church selects and appoints a pastor to the ministry of a church. Following ordination, a minister may serve at any Seventh Day Adventist Church anywhere in the world Tips & Warnings •Women may be ordained to serve as pastors in the local Seventh Day Adventist Church, but at this time are not eligible to be ordained to serve in the worldwide church. If a woman is an ordained local elder, and has been hired as a ministerial intern and issued a ministerial license she has the rights and privileges of an ordained minister. •Though there is no distinction between a pastor and a minister in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, only the term "pastor" is used as a title. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 BTW ... Jesuits should not apply. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted August 8, 2010 Members Share Posted August 8, 2010 You don't have to go to seminary to be ordained as an Adventist pastor!!! Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Women are not allowed to be ordained. Thus your application would be stamped DENIED. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuff sed Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 No, you do not have to go to seminary to become a pastor. This is, however, the exception rather than the rule. Many dedicated laymen have become ordained as the 'brethren' have seen in them the qualities they are looking for in a pastor. nuff sed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerr Posted August 10, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2010 Oh, you're going to bring up WO in a round about way, regardless, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Gerry. There was an edit that you were not aware of. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Did you write the eHow article Woodrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted August 20, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 20, 2010 Note: The above posts apply to the United States and/or North America. They may not apply elsewhere. Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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