pastor

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I'm a pastor, and I'm technical, and I think I may just have found the Church Directory software we've been looking for! Thank you!

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a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

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noun

a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

noun

only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pastor.

noun

a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

See also: curate, minister, parson, rector

noun

only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Example sentences

I'm a pastor, and I'm technical, and I think I may just have found the Church Directory software we've been looking for! Thank you!

I am also a pastor and that's a people business. Some of the best advice I ever heard was from John Maxwell who said "walk slowly through the crowd". He described a time when he saw one of his assistant pastors charge through a crowd in the reception area of the church.

I know a lot of pastors, and none of them have lifestyles that stand out in their communities. The inner city churches I know all have food banks, clothing banks, free hot meals, or similar programs. The churches I know in Utah set up safe houses for women and children fleeing polygamy. If you're connected to a church that operates as a business with the pastor taking home the profits, time to find a different church.