Lutheran pastor

Reformation church leader

A Lutheran pastor is a clergy member ordained in the Lutheran tradition of Protestant Christianity.

Pastors lead congregations, preach sermons, administer sacraments, and provide spiritual guidance.

The term pastor—from the Latin for shepherd—emphasizes the minister's role in tending to a flock of believers.

The Lutheran pastor baptized three infants during the Sunday service.

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confirmation class · Reformation · sacraments · pietism · baptism · Martin Luther · Book of Concord · church council · parishioners · hymnody · ordination · synod · Eucharist · Sunday school · liturgy · deaconess · church basement · potluck dinner

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religious denomination/tradition

Lutheran pastorCatholic priest

Roman church minister

Pope · imam · rabbi · Buddhist monk · Methodist minister

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Lutheran pastorlayperson

Non-specialist or unordained person

congregant · parishioner · laity

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Lutheran pastorsecularist

Advocate for nonreligious governance

agnostic

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