pastorate

Example Sentences

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When he was 7, his father accepted the pastorate of a Tacoma church.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2020

He attended Paine Theological Seminary and in 1948 accepted his first pastorate in Birmingham, where he met his future wife, Evelyn Gibson.

From Washington Post • 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

The church was King’s first full-time pastorate, and it propelled him to national prominence as a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott against racial segregation.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2015

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