Pastor Resume Keywords & ATS Expectations

This is the live data our resume scanner uses when it detects a pastor resume — the keyword tables, certifications, and titles from our clergy detection engine.

Keywords ATS systems expect on a pastor resume

ministrycongregationsermonspreachingpastoral careworship servicesbible studydiscipleshipchurchparishspiritual guidancecounseling pastoralweddings and funeralsoutreach ministrymission tripsyouth ministrysmall groupsstewardship churchliturgysacraments

Certifications that anchor a pastor resume

master of divinitymdivordinationtheology degreecpe chaplaincy

Adjacent titles recruiters search alongside "Pastor"

ministerpriestrabbiimamchaplainyouth pastorworship leaderdeaconchurch administratormissionary

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Methodology: these lists come directly from the detection tables our scanner runs on every clergy resume, validated by a pinned regression suite. See our methodology.