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The Church Service Covenant is awarded to students preparing for a vocation that will serve the church. This can be done by entering any of these roles:

• congregational pastor (either full time or bi-vocational)

• administrator in a church agency including a seminary, denominational or judicatory office

• teacher of theology and religion in an institution of higher learning

• formalized missionary or evangelistic work internationally or in marginalized domestic communities

• specialized ministry, including chaplaincy, campus ministry, pastoral counseling, spiritual direction or camp administrator

Please explain your vocational plans, focusing on the impact of your Bethany education on these plans as related to the above areas, in an  essay not to exceed 250 words.