pastors
Congregation's spiritual guides
Pastors are clergy members who lead Christian congregations, providing spiritual guidance, preaching sermons, and overseeing church activities.
The term comes from a word meaning shepherd—pastors tend to their flocks of believers.
As a verb, to pastor is to serve in this role: She has pastored the same church for twenty years.
One who tends flocks
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
cattle · pasture · herding · flock · range · drover · stockman · rancher
Religious sermon deliverer
- reverendWorthy of veneration
- sermonClergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
parish · chaplain · vicar · rector · evangelist · ordination · theology · homily
Senior community members
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- synodChurch governing assembly
polity · authority · counsel · discipline · laity · episcopal · fellowship · oversight
shepherd
One who tends flocks
goats · cattle · pasture · herding · flock · range · drover · stockman · rancher · tending
preacher
Religious sermon deliverer
congregation · parish · chaplain · vicar · rector · evangelist · ordination · theology · homily · liturgy
elders
Senior community members
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- governanceHow authority is exercised
synod · polity · authority · counsel · discipline · laity · episcopal · fellowship · oversight · accountability
- church lifechurch attendance, worship service, prayer group, youth group, church music
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians
- Christian ministrypreaching, evangelists, missionaries, discipleship, evangelism
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
pastorslaypeople
Those outside a profession
laity · laypersons · laymen · laywomen · parishioners
pastorsflock
Animals gathered together
congregation · sheep · followers · congregants · disciples
- pastoral landscapeIdyllic rural countryside view
- pastoral lifestyleCountryside-centered way of living
- al pastorMarinated pork, vertical rotisserie
- pastoral careReligious emotional support
- youth pastorMinister serving adolescents
- pastoral lifeExistence in countryside simplicity
pastor, pastoral, pastorate, pastored, pastoring, pastoralist, pastoralism, pastoral care, pastorship