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Recent Examples of pastor
As a salesman, politician and pastor, William Roberts served Walled Lake and southeast Michigan in many ways before passing away at 78.
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M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Her father Rex Holt, a pastor and the founder of Le Pont a Bridge to Africa, along with her mother Sherry, had spent years working in Togo Africa.
—Robin Ryan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Its pastor, Brian Mckee, adopted a block in the Sherman Park neighborhood in 2015 as part of the church's ministry.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Chronister faced backlash from some in the Republican Party over his decision to arrest the pastor of a megachurch, Ronald Howard-Browne, who continued to hold services during the COVID-19 pandemic, violating lockdown restrictions, in 2020.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Her father Rex Holt, a pastor and the founder of Le Pont a Bridge to Africa, along with her mother Sherry, had spent years working in Togo Africa.
—Robin Ryan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Its pastor, Brian Mckee, adopted a block in the Sherman Park neighborhood in 2015 as part of the church's ministry.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Chronister faced backlash from some in the Republican Party over his decision to arrest the pastor of a megachurch, Ronald Howard-Browne, who continued to hold services during the COVID-19 pandemic, violating lockdown restrictions, in 2020.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Wiley, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson, will lead an outdoor prayer service at the house of worship Tuesday night as a way of blessing the people of a country that have so often seemed bitterly divided over politics.Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
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It is considered a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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In 1598, friend and fellow clergyman Francesco Maria del Monte hosted a struggling artist at his family palazzo—a one Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Now, Lubin works in marketing for a toy company and serves on the board of BOLD Justice, an advocacy group made up of local clergymen based in Broward.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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Better would it have been had the vicar never been born.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Atkinson both sends up and deepens stock characters like the vicar, who here has lost his faith; a major who doesn’t feel cut out for civilian life; and the batty lady of the manor, who appears to have arrived via time machine from the Victorian era.Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Pentecostalism was about two decades old at the time, and its early practices of interracial worship, speaking in tongues, and divine healing were subjects of lively conversation among the relatively staid and respectable churchmen of mainline Protestantism.Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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If the dominant Spaniards of The Betrothed are unjust, self-interested, and pompous, few of the Italians — including churchmen — are any better.David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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Hello Fresh's specialty kit included ingredients and step-by-step recipe cards to create both a shepherd’s pie and a classic English trifle.EW Staff, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the day, the Pie Room will offer pies of all sorts, including a shepherd’s pie with buttered crust, along with breads and patisserie.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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David Niven is a young bishop who's so tripped up by ambition and the desire to build a cathedral that he's forgotten what's truly important...even his own family.James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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When Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened the tilma to show them the roses, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared printed on the fabric.Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Each week, Maricopa and Pinal county reporter Sasha Hupka reports and curates must-know campaign news, insider exclusives and service-style voter tips from Arizona’s largest and most talented elections team.Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2024
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Fiennes is backed by a stellar supporting cast that, in addition to Tucci's firebrand Bellini, included John Lithgow as a sanctimonious curate and Carlos Diehz as Cardinal Benitez, intriguing and comforting in his calm stillness.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastor. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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