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A minister is a person specifically authorized to carry out the orders and agenda as an agent for an organization, or authority. Internationally many governments are composed of various ministerial positions, but here in the US the term is almost exclusively used in a religious context and to have the title of minister is a designation of spiritual leadership. The process of becoming a minister is called ordination. The specific details of the procedure differ greatly from one denomination to another much in the same way that the dogmas and belief systems are widely varied among different churches. Often there is a course of instruction followed by a ceremony, but in some cases a simple declaration of adherence to the church’s doctrine and the special motivation or “calling” to be a religious leader is all that is required. Once a person becomes an ordained minister they are invested with special power and authority to perform religious rites and ceremonies. Again the nature of these varies with the churches doctrine but typically they include marriages, funerals, baptisms or baby namings, commitment ceremonies, and in some traditions hand fastings and invocations. Although the power to perform these ceremonies is officially recognized by the government, especially in the case of weddings, the recruitment and endorsement of ministers is completely controlled by religious organizations. The implicit arrangement provided by the current ordination system is that in exchange for vesting ministers with the power to pronounce couples as wedded, the clergy must actively promote the agenda and obey the edicts of religious organization they are obliged to. If you are interested in being granted the authority to perform religious ceremonies then you should learn more about being a minister for the Church of Spiritual Humanism. The doctrine of Spiritual Humanism is a fusion of religious belief, logic, and knowledge gained through the scientific method. Minister ordination through our church is free and offers personal spiritual benefits far beyond the vesting of power officiate weddings.
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