pastorate

Example Sentences

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He increased the Zion Baptist Church membership from 250 to 3,500 during his pastorate, friends said in a death announcement.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

When Pat was 7, his father accepted the pastorate of a Tacoma church.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018

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