church officer

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Wilson wrote about his wife, Martha White, whom he married in March 1867, and he described his job as a church officer and caretaker, earning $18 a month.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Complained one former church officer: "Except for the sign on the bulletin board in front, you'd never know it was a Presbyterian church."

From Time Magazine Archive

By this the magistrate is made a church officer, having the disposal of the church's government.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

But he can not carry his parental authority into the church or the state; nor can he appear in his family as a magistrate or church officer.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

For forty years he had been a respected merchant, a church officer, a husband, father, and citizen, of irreproachable reputation, with enduring friendships.

From The Delicious Vice by Allison, Young Ewing