Pros
This is a job that lets you live out your values, and if you are a person of faith to work with religious congregations. The standards are high, but clear so you know what is expected of you. Very thorough and in-depth training
Cons
All of the pros above come at a deep cost. Extremely demanding job. You are expected to work at least 50 hours a week, but really you end up working 60-70 hours a week. This includes most evening and weekends when you are expected to attend church services. Senior management can be manipulative and non-transparent, especially when it comes to job placements. You don't get much say in which local organization you will be working at and there seems to be a tendency to place people far from their loved ones and support systems. If you ask to work in a different place, or if you ask for other accommodations like parental leave, better compensation senior leadership will imply/ directly say that you don't really care about this work and try to manipulate you into doing what they want. When people leave the organization they are treated as persona non-grata and especially "disappeared". The compensation is poor, in some organizations there is little, and sometimes even no parental leave. Turn-over is very high. The process is very rigid and there is little room to experiment are do anything outside the mold.
