church officer

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Wilson wrote about his wife, Martha White, whom he married in March 1867, and he described his job as a church officer and caretaker, earning $18 a month.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Complained one former church officer: "Except for the sign on the bulletin board in front, you'd never know it was a Presbyterian church."

From Time Magazine Archive

But he can not carry his parental authority into the church or the state; nor can he appear in his family as a magistrate or church officer.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

Being a church officer, he was chosen by the Church as far as consistent with his extraordinary office.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

And thus interpreters56 commonly expound this place, taking governments for a distinct kind of church officer from all the rest here enumerated.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by