church wardens
Congregation's lay administrators
Church wardens are lay officials elected or appointed to manage the secular affairs of a parish church—maintaining the building, handling finances, and representing the congregation to church authorities.
The term also refers to a style of long-stemmed clay tobacco pipe, supposedly favored by such officials during their meetings: He packed his churchwarden and settled into the armchair.
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- vestryChurch robing chamber
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
procession · maintenance · sacristan · bell tower · brass plaque · parish records · inventory · ledger · rector · sexton · liturgy · congregation · vicar · fellowship · treasurer · outreach · deacon · hymnody
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, parish, diocese
- church lawcanon law, papal bull, papal bulls, papal decree, papal authority
- parish ministriesyouth group, prayer group, religious education, prayer ministry, campus ministry
- Anglican Politydioceses, parishes, synods, archbishops, bishops
- English PuritanismPuritanism, Puritans, strict morals, godly, piety
ecclesiastical role hierarchy
church wardensclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
priests · ordained ministers · vicars · rectors · bishops