plural pastors
: a spiritual overseer
especially
: a clergyperson serving a local church or parish
Examples of pastor in a Sentence
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
The horrifying scene made national headlines — an armed man walking up to the front of a church and aiming a gun at the pastor in the middle of his Sunday sermon.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 May 2024
The cause of death has reportedly been released for Mica Miller, the wife of South Carolina pastor John-Paul Miller, amid an ongoing investigation.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Many years were spent in the church, where Luhman’s mother was a pastor.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
As the pastor ducked out of the way, church Deacon Clarence McCallister leaps in front of the camera, tackling the man with the gun to the ground.
—Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 6 May 2024
The decommissioning ceremony itself is based on a letter by the late Rev. Robert J. Zink, the last pastor to serve in the building.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Since 2018, Lozano’s congregation had been renting space from Sovereign Way Christian Church, according to that church’s pastor, Stephen Feinstein.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
As the son of a saddle maker, Kant would have led a workman’s life himself, had a pastor not suggested the bright lad deserved some higher education.
—Susan Neiman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
During the pandemic, Dwight Mosley, who pastors a church in neighboring DeSoto County, helped run a drive-thru food pantry at an arena in Tunica County where long lines of cars showed how many families were overwhelmed.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Kirchharr later left the company to pastor a church, and Dustin Kilgore, a former Monroeville firefighter who had learned the ropes from Kirchharr, became the production manager.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2021
Two Norwegian couples heading the San Pedro site returned home earlier this year, and Berg, who had arrived from Norway in the summer of 2019 to pastor a sister church in San Francisco, now splits his time between the two locales.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
Noun
The church's pastor, Rev. Brandon Gilmore, 47, was dismayed by the development while pointing to a struggle to meet funding and attendance needs.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
The horrifying scene made national headlines — an armed man walking up to the front of a church and aiming a gun at the pastor in the middle of his Sunday sermon.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 May 2024
The cause of death has reportedly been released for Mica Miller, the wife of South Carolina pastor John-Paul Miller, amid an ongoing investigation.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Many years were spent in the church, where Luhman’s mother was a pastor.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
As the pastor ducked out of the way, church Deacon Clarence McCallister leaps in front of the camera, tackling the man with the gun to the ground.
—Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 6 May 2024
The decommissioning ceremony itself is based on a letter by the late Rev. Robert J. Zink, the last pastor to serve in the building.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Since 2018, Lozano’s congregation had been renting space from Sovereign Way Christian Church, according to that church’s pastor, Stephen Feinstein.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
As the son of a saddle maker, Kant would have led a workman’s life himself, had a pastor not suggested the bright lad deserved some higher education.
—Susan Neiman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Verb
Donna Nez, who pastors the Hard Rock Community Church in northwest Arizona, also opposes the bill.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
During the pandemic, Dwight Mosley, who pastors a church in neighboring DeSoto County, helped run a drive-thru food pantry at an arena in Tunica County where long lines of cars showed how many families were overwhelmed.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Kirchharr later left the company to pastor a church, and Dustin Kilgore, a former Monroeville firefighter who had learned the ropes from Kirchharr, became the production manager.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2021
Two Norwegian couples heading the San Pedro site returned home earlier this year, and Berg, who had arrived from Norway in the summer of 2019 to pastor a sister church in San Francisco, now splits his time between the two locales.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
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