pastorship
Congregational guidance role
Pastorship is the position, office, or tenure of a pastor—a minister or priest who leads a congregation.
The word emphasizes the role itself rather than the person filling it: She accepted a pastorship at the Lutheran church downtown.
His pastorship lasted thirty years.
Religious leader or serve
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- rectorParish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
chaplain · cleric · curate · reverend · priest · elder · shepherd · clergywoman
Clergy's work or state department
- rectorshipClerical leadership office
- vicarageClergy residence
- chaplaincyReligious guidance service
- curacyClergy member's appointment
deanship · incumbency · benefice · parish · tenure · appointment · ordination · installation
Delivering moral discourse
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- sermonClergy's worship address
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
baptism · communion · confirmation · weddings · funerals · teaching · worship · prayer
Advice for decisions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- directionWay something faces
spiritual direction · eldership · authority · accountability · governance · administration · supervision · congregation
Trust without proof
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- theologyStudy of the divine
- pietySincere religious devotion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
divinity · devotion · sanctity · salvation · redemption · discipleship · soul care · edification
minister
Religious leader or serve
parson · chaplain · cleric · curate · reverend · priest · elder · shepherd · clergywoman · clergyman
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- rectorshipClerical leadership office
- vicarageClergy residence
- chaplaincyReligious guidance service
curacy · deanship · incumbency · benefice · parish · tenure · appointment · ordination · installation · calling
preaching
Delivering moral discourse
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- sermonClergy's worship address
visitation · baptism · communion · confirmation · weddings · funerals · teaching · worship · prayer · liturgy
guidance
Advice for decisions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
direction · spiritual direction · eldership · authority · accountability · governance · administration · supervision · congregation · flock
faith
Trust without proof
holiness · divinity · devotion · sanctity · salvation · redemption · discipleship · soul care · edification · exhortation
pastorshipcongregation
Assembled group of worshippers
flock · parishioner · congregant · layperson · follower
pasture, pastor, pastoral, pastors, pastorate, pastored, pastoring, pastoralist, pastoralism