As a priest, you are the religious leader of a church and oversee daily operations, lead worship services, help people in your congregation with spiritual and social issues, and often perform faith-based community service. There are different priests who work in churches of various Christian denominations. You may work in a country parish where there are few parishioners, or in large, urban churches with hundreds or even thousands of congregants. You are in close contact with church laypeople as well as officials higher up in the church structure.