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Welcome to Ordination Orientation
Welcome to the Ordination Orientation.
You are here because you feel called to serve. Perhaps a friend has asked you to officiate their wedding. Perhaps you want to sit with the sick and the grieving, bless new homes and new babies, or simply be someone your community can turn to. Whatever brought you here, Confluence believes your calling is real, and that you should be free to answer it.
This short orientation prepares you for ordination. In three brief modules, you will reflect on your calling, learn the ethical commitments every Confluence minister makes, and learn how to officiate a wedding legally and well. When you finish, you will be ordained for life.
How This Course Works
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite | None. |
| Pace | Self-paced. Most students finish in about three hours. |
| Structure | Three short modules. Each has a lesson and a ten-question quiz. Module 1 also asks for your Statement of Calling. |
| Final exam | Ten multiple-choice questions, taken after Module 3. |
| Your Statement of Calling | Your Module 1 response is your Statement of Calling. The Seminary reads and approves it before your ordination is final. |
| Ordination and credit | Completing the orientation earns lifetime ordination as a Minister of Confluence and 1 credit hour, with no annual fees and no renewals. Your Certificate of Ordination and Minister ID Card are free to download when you finish. |
Grading
| Part | To pass |
|---|---|
| Module quizzes (3) | Pass each with 70% or higher. Retakes allowed. |
| Final exam (multiple choice) | Pass with 70% or higher. Retakes allowed. |
| Statement of Calling (Module 1) | Approved by the Seminary |
Required texts
- No books are required. The lessons and the Confluence State Guides provide everything you need.
No books are required. Everything you need is in the lessons and on the Seminary’s State Guides page.
What you will study
Module 1: Answering the Call Module 2: Ethics and Care Module 3: Officiating a Wedding
Academic honesty
All written work must be your own. You may quote and discuss the course readings and other sources, but you must say where the words and ideas came from. Submitting work written by someone else, including work generated entirely by AI tools, is not permitted.