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I'm constructing a survey of Anglican worshippers in England. One of the questions asks about ordination-status, with the following options:
For worshippers in the Church of England, are these categories:
The list is not exclusive - curates are ordained. (Did you mean, ordinand - someone who is training for ordination?).
Also there are several statuses for lay people who are not ordained:
Depending on what your purpose is, you could simply ask whether someone has an official (non-ordained) role in the church, or break it down into those groups. Either way I think you need some explanation for what you're asking.
