Age-specific groups meet for religious study including Sunday school programs, fellowship, and other activities.
Many churches sponsor ministries designed to reach out others on a local and global scale, usually grouped under the heading of missions.
However, some Christian churches and ministries have evolved to take on a larger role in the community service and global outreach programs.
These specialized ministries can include formal or informal approaches to intentionally interacting with others, encouraging, counseling, and providing relational care to them.
Ministry, for Catholics, pertains to the administration of the Sacraments, and their appropriate ministers are as follows: A final, and most proper, use of the term "ministries" pertains to those instituted by the bishop: Ordained ministers are those who have received Holy Orders: deacons, priests, and bishops.