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Specialties within the work

• Chaplaincy

  Hospitals, prisons, universities and the Canadian Armed Forces hire chaplains, often with better pay and set hours than a congregation.

• Counselling training

  A large share of the job is pastoral care. Formal counselling credentials make you much better at it.

• Youth and family ministry

  Often the first paid role a person holds, and sometimes a whole career.

• Teaching

  Seminary teaching and religious school leadership for those who go on to doctoral study.