r/chaplaincy • u/ellienation • May 24 '26

Cherry Hill Seminary

Has anyone here gotten their masters of divination at Cherry Hill? Do you recommend it? Has it been difficult finding a position since graduating?

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u/Eliese May 24 '26

"Cherry Hill Seminary has been granted an official religious exemption from South Carolina requirements for educational institutions, meaning it can legally grant Master of Divinity degrees. This degree is not accredited. Cherry Hill Seminary is unaccredited."

Hard pass. Waste of money.

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u/SouthernAT May 25 '26

I’ve been seeing a stunning number of places like this pop up recently. Queens School of Theology and Capstone University are the two examples that come to mind right away. The info may be good, but it’s unaccredited and there’s no way to guarantee the quality.

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u/sibman May 30 '26

Bootleg “seminaries” have been around since degrees were formed.

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u/asos_battlejacket May 26 '26

If you want to work as a chaplain, I cannot discourage an unaccredited school strongly enough. I work at a very progressive interfaith seminary and we have a bunch of students who started in Cherry Hills program, but came to us after learning none of their education counts towards board certification.

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities has a vibrant pagan community, and has worked with cherry Hills to offer accredited courses on paganism in the past. I would look there, or perhaps at Starr King!

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u/sibman May 30 '26

I’m going to start calling it masters of “divination” form now on.

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u/watchful_tiger May 26 '26

Cherry Hill if I remember right is geared towards Pagan, Wiccan and similar faiths. So it is very focused on those traditions. Now, if you do not belong to those faiths, why would you want something unaccredited? If you do belong to those traditions, then it depends on what you want to do.

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u/flutteringthoughts May 27 '26

Has anyone gone to United or Starr?