If a person is working toward a permanent credential (ordination or commissioning), he/she would apply for the Local Ministry License. It is also the appropriate license for all individuals serving as solo pastors who do not qualify for a permanent credential. It may be renewed indefinitely, but the license holder must meet certain academic requirements within eight years of initially receiving the license.

If a person is working toward ordination to word and sacrament, and has completed fifty percent of an M.Div., he/she would apply for the License for Pastoral Office. This license may be renewed annually up to a maximum of five years.

If a person is enrolled full-time in seminary and he/she is also serving in a church as part of the degree program, a License for Theological Students is appropriate.

Those who voluntarily serve on a church staff and are not paid (or work part-time and are not prepared to meet the requirements for the other licenses) may apply for a Lay Minister's License.

Those who are called to be career missionaries apply for the License for Consecrated Missionaries.

 

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