pastorate

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But one of his friends, convinced of his spiritual talents, encouraged Crowley to apply for the open pastorate at Myrtle Baptist — less than 10 miles from the divinity school.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

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

From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 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