Licensing
Licensing is available to those who are in a recognized ministerial position (i.e, Pastor, Itinerant Minister, Teacher, Missionary, Assistant Pastor, Minister of Youth, Minister of Children, Minister of Music, Chaplain, etc.), which involves pulpit type ministry.
ASIA HARVEST ALLIANCE licensing qualifies a member to preach, teach, obtain ministerial entrance into hospitals and jails, and to perform most, if not all of the ministerial functions of a church including baptism, funerals and communion.
Licensing precedes Ordination.
Licensing under AHA does not qualify a candidate to hold the title of Reverend.
As state laws pertaining to the solemnization of marriage vary, it is extremely important for licensed ministers to check with the proper authorities in their state of residence to determine if they may legally perform marriages.
Guidelines for Licensing
- The applicant must be a minimum of 25 years of age.
- The applicant must be a spirit-filled believer.
- The applicant must be in a full-time ministerial position.
(If in part time ministry - although temporarily supplementing his income through a secular job, the applicant must be recognized as a minister by a church and is functioning in that recognized capacity on a consistent and continuing basis.). - The applicant must adhere to the Tenets of Faith.
- The applicant must be an active member of a church.
- The applicant, if pastoring, must be conducting official church services in a public facility (not in a home) and have an average attendance of thirty or more to be considered for licensing.
- The applicant, if an itinerant, must have conducted a meeting twice a month for the past three months, and must have two meetings a month scheduled for the next three months.
PROCEDURE
Licensing
Application Procedure
Those desiring to be licensed must make application
and be approved by the GOVERNING COUNCIL of AHA.
All completed applications must include:
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- Two recent photographs of the applicant.
(should be suitable for publication) - Registration Fee- ₹ 1000/-
- Two recent photographs of the applicant.
- Other Requirements for:
- The completed application form:
1. Application for Licensing,
2. Minister’s Recommendation,
3. Church Member’s Recommendation-1,
4. Church Member’s Recommendation-2
PASTORS
a letter from another minister attesting to the applicant’s pastoral ministry and also a letter signed by 3-5 members of your congregation (not from immediate family) attesting to the applicant’s pastoral ministry, with details about the church (including: when the church started, location, service timings, ministries in the church, attendance, etc).
SUPPORTIVE MINISTERS
a letter from the Senior Pastor and the Church Board attesting
to the applicant’s position and level of ministerial involvement.
MISSIONARIES
a letter from the head of the ministry with which the missionary will be working or another missionary or responsible individual attesting to the applicant’s ministry.
ITINERANTS
a current schedule showing two churches or evangelistic meetings per month for the previous three months and two meetings per month for the upcoming three months. Also include a letter of recommendation from two pastors for whom you have ministered.
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Minister's
Recommendation
Church Members'
Recommendation