pasturing

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They go beyond pastoring local congregations and seek to create communities of expanding influence with social and economic impact.

From Salon • May 26, 2024

“From a Black perspective and pastoring Mother Emanuel, I understand the whole aspect of forgiveness,” Manning said.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

He couldn’t have imagined that 25 years later, he would be pastoring an evangelical congregation of 120 and count about two dozen other thriving Protestant churches in the northwestern city.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

Reverend William Lamar is great at teaching from the pulpit, and he’s also great at pastoring in his pews.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2020

I started pastoring one year before I quit making cotton.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration