1. Elders apply for promotion in person, fill in the application form, and submit relevant materials required for the application, including personal identity documents and academic credentials. At present, the basic requirements for independent priests are high school education or above, formal theological education and many years of church pastoral experience. After being recommended by the local church, it will be submitted to the provincial church institutions to review and evaluate the application materials. After passing the exam, you can prepare for promotion and be appointed as a priest.
2. According to the national regulations on religious affairs, clergy should be put on record by clergy. Fill in the relevant forms, and the provincial education administrative department shall organize to fill in the filing opinions, and attach relevant materials, and report them to the provincial religious affairs department for the record.
This is the basic procedure. Since the elders already hold the priesthood, the promotion procedure will be relatively simple.
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