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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kingpaul" data-source="post: 301016" data-attributes="member: 1477">What do you mean by ordained?  Are you referring to the paperwork necessary to be considered a minister in your state of residence?  Frex, in Pennsylvania, it doesn't take much to declare yourself a minister, and then be able to conduct marriages...among other things.  If this was the case, then yes, 90 seconds would about cover.However, if you are referring to ministers in mainstream religious groups (my background is Christian, so I can only speak from that perspective), then it takes much more than 90 seconds to get ordained.  My mother just did a mid-life career change.  She went to seminary, full-time, for 4 years.  She is now in her 3rd year of probation (minimum 3 years), in which she is a full-time local pastor, but has limited rights within the denomination.  If it is determined that she has met all of the requirements (and I don't know what they all are to be quite honest) at the end of 3 years, then she will become a fully ordained elder in the Western Conference of Pennsylvania of the United Methodist Church.  If not, she will be held over until such time as it is deemed she has met the qualifications.Edit: added some additional information concerning my mother's path to becoming a full elder.</blockquote>