plural pastors
: a spiritual overseer
especially
: a clergyperson serving a local church or parish
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Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Gomez-Perdomo was a youth pastor at Vida Abundante church in north Fort Collins, the sheriff’s office stated.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2024
During a hearing over the legislation in January only one person testified against the legislation: Timothy Faber, a pastor and director of the Lake of the Ozarks Baptist Association.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Its pastor at the time was Rudy Rasmus, whose love of jazz and exacting ear had long made the place a sort of Everest for local musicians.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The 62-year-old Martin is pastor of St. Philip Benizi Parish in Jonesboro, Georgia.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
Whitmore began serving the Sacramento region as a pastor in stints at Florin United Methodist, Ione Community United Methodist and St. Mark’s United Methodist Church for nearly 30 years.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
Eclipse church stabbing:Florida pastor stabbed to death at his church by man living there, police say
September 2016
Weier pleads not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
—Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Two-thirds of Black voters oppose further American aid to Israel according to Quinnipiac polling, and at the end of January more than 1,000 Black pastors issued a public statement pressuring the White House to do more to secure a ceasefire.
—Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
During the pandemic, Dwight Mosley, who pastors a church in neighboring DeSoto County, helped run a drive-thru food pantry at an arena in Tunica County where long lines of cars showed how many families were overwhelmed.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Kirchharr later left the company to pastor a church, and Dustin Kilgore, a former Monroeville firefighter who had learned the ropes from Kirchharr, became the production manager.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2021
Two Norwegian couples heading the San Pedro site returned home earlier this year, and Berg, who had arrived from Norway in the summer of 2019 to pastor a sister church in San Francisco, now splits his time between the two locales.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
Noun
At the close of the public portion of the meeting, Kennedy Jones, pastor of Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church in Arlington, condemned O’Hare’s behavior toward Simmons.
—Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Gomez-Perdomo was a youth pastor at Vida Abundante church in north Fort Collins, the sheriff’s office stated.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2024
During a hearing over the legislation in January only one person testified against the legislation: Timothy Faber, a pastor and director of the Lake of the Ozarks Baptist Association.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Its pastor at the time was Rudy Rasmus, whose love of jazz and exacting ear had long made the place a sort of Everest for local musicians.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The 62-year-old Martin is pastor of St. Philip Benizi Parish in Jonesboro, Georgia.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
Whitmore began serving the Sacramento region as a pastor in stints at Florin United Methodist, Ione Community United Methodist and St. Mark’s United Methodist Church for nearly 30 years.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
Eclipse church stabbing:Florida pastor stabbed to death at his church by man living there, police say
September 2016
Weier pleads not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
—Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Two-thirds of Black voters oppose further American aid to Israel according to Quinnipiac polling, and at the end of January more than 1,000 Black pastors issued a public statement pressuring the White House to do more to secure a ceasefire.
—Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Verb
Donna Nez, who pastors the Hard Rock Community Church in northwest Arizona, also opposes the bill.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
During the pandemic, Dwight Mosley, who pastors a church in neighboring DeSoto County, helped run a drive-thru food pantry at an arena in Tunica County where long lines of cars showed how many families were overwhelmed.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Kirchharr later left the company to pastor a church, and Dustin Kilgore, a former Monroeville firefighter who had learned the ropes from Kirchharr, became the production manager.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2021
Two Norwegian couples heading the San Pedro site returned home earlier this year, and Berg, who had arrived from Norway in the summer of 2019 to pastor a sister church in San Francisco, now splits his time between the two locales.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
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