Minister of Religion (Tier 2)

Minister of Religion (Tier 2)

The Tier 2 (Minister of religion) category is for people who have been offered employment or posts or roles within their faith communities in the UK as:

  • ministers of religion undertaking preaching and pastoral work;
  • missionaries; or
  • members of religious orders.

 

 

Successful applicants from outside the UK can live and work in the UK for a maximum of 3 years plus 1 month, (or the time given in your certificate of sponsorship plus 1 month, whichever time is shorter).

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  • Requirements

    Pastoral duties include:

    • leading worship regularly and on special occasions;
    • giving religious education to children and adults by preaching or teaching;
    • officiating at marriages, funerals and other special services; and
    • offering counselling and welfare support to members of the congregation; and
      recruiting, training and co-ordinating the work of any local volunteers and lay preachers.

    Work as a missionary is not just preaching and teaching. It can include:

    • the organisation of missionary activity (but should not be administrative or clerical, unless filling a senior post);
    • supervising staff;
    • co-ordinating the organisation of missionary work;
    • being in charge of a particular activity such as accounts/finance, personnel management or IT; and
    • translating religious texts – this is missionary work, not clerical work.

    The work in a religious order must be in the order itself, or outside work directed by the order.

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