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

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

After marrying Evelyn Gibson, a Methodist preacher’s daughter, he began his first pastorate in Birmingham in 1948.

From Washington Times • 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

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