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Career Requirements. To work as a hospital chaplain, you'll need at least a master's degree in religion, pastoral counseling, divinity, or theology. Some employers prefer a doctorate degree. You'll also need 2-5 years of experience as clergy or chaplain and experience in palliative care and hospice.
To be ordained, you need a seminary degree, and to be admitted to the degree program, you need to be sponsored by your denomination. In general, the way to start is to have a conversation with your pastor.f your seminary offers a non-ordination degree, such as a Master of Arts in theology, they may allow you to transfer credits to one of the other degree programs. If they do not offer a non-ordination degree, you may be able to transfer your credits to another accredited seminary that does.