pastorate
Minister's official position
A pastorate is the office or tenure of a pastor—the period during which a clergy member leads a particular congregation: His pastorate at First Baptist lasted twelve years.
The term can also refer to the body of pastors collectively, or to the duties and responsibilities that come with the position.
Religious leader or serve
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- priestOne who performs sacraments
preacher · cleric · chaplain · curate · deacon · reverend · elder · presbyter
Clergy's work or state department
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- tenureProtected employment status
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
living · charge · cure · call · assignment · installation · induction · term
Delivering moral discourse
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- sermonClergy's worship address
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
weddings · funerals · communion · teaching · prayer · sacraments · worship · liturgy
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- parishLocal church community
- flockAnimals gathered together
- laityNon-ordained church members
faithful · worshipers · churchgoers · members · believers · brethren · assembly · fellowship
minister
Religious leader or serve
priest · preacher · cleric · chaplain · curate · deacon · reverend · elder · presbyter · shepherd
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- tenureProtected employment status
- appointmentScheduled time for something
benefice · living · charge · cure · call · assignment · installation · induction · term · position
preaching
Delivering moral discourse
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- sermonClergy's worship address
baptism · weddings · funerals · communion · teaching · prayer · sacraments · worship · liturgy · absolution
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- parishLocal church community
- flockAnimals gathered together
laity · faithful · worshipers · churchgoers · members · believers · brethren · assembly · fellowship · communion
faith
Trust without proof
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
holiness · sanctity · piety · devotion · doctrine · theology · gospel · scripture · blessing · guidance
- church divisionsdiocese, archdiocese, parish, bishopric, archbishopric
- church governancediocese, episcopacy, polity, parish councils, archdiocese
- church territoriesdiocese, archdiocese, bishopric, see, vicariate
pastoratelaity
Non-ordained church members
laypeople · secular life · congregation · flock · parishioners
pastoratecongregation
Assembled group of worshippers
flock · parish · fold · church membership · pew
pastorateepiscopate
Bishops as a body
papacy · bishopric · prelacy · monastic life · hermitage
- pastoral landscapeIdyllic rural countryside view
- pastoral lifestyleCountryside-centered way of living
- pastoral careReligious emotional support
- pastoral lifeExistence in countryside simplicity
- pastoral settingIdyllic rural scenery
- pastoral dutiesClergy's care obligations
pastoral, pastoralist, pastoralism, pastorally, pastoralists