pastorate
Example Sentences
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When he was 7, his father accepted the pastorate of a Tacoma church.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
He attended Paine Theological Seminary and in 1948 accepted his first pastorate in Birmingham, where he met his future wife, Evelyn Gibson.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2020
When he began his pastorate at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, a block from Alabama’s capitol, a sophisticated note crept in.
From Economist ● Mar. 28, 2018
Fertitta finished at Concordia in August, was ordained in the Lutheran Church’s Missouri Synod in January and, on Feb. 22, was installed at his first pastorate at University Lutheran Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2015
From his own assistant pastorate, Karel wrote that he would be there and looked forward to seeing us all again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
