pastorate

Example Sentences

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He was drawn to scratchy radio broadcasts by King, then a young minister in his first pastorate in Montgomery, and later the leader of the yearlong bus boycott that followed Parks’ arrest.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2020

That pastorate started and ended much like his time at Eagle Brook - he doubted himself at the beginning, put his head down, worked hard, prayed hard and saw membership increase drastically.

From Washington Times • Feb. 8, 2020

Mr. Taylor resigned his pastorate and took a job with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2019

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

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