be ordained
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June 25, 1972 William R. Johnson becomes the first openly gay person to be ordained a minister in the United Church of Christ.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024
“At the time we honestly thought women would be ordained within five years.”
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Julie Wheeler, her son Charles and daughter-in-law Miriam Brandon-Wheeler are among 16 people across Devon who will be ordained deacons on Saturday.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023
They should also reflect on how to give women more decision-making power and allowing them to be ordained deacons, it said.
From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023
It may be ordained that we have many nights and days to follow, if full of peril; but we must go on, and from no danger shall we shrink.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
