Sentences with phrase «ordained leader of the congregation»
Clergy are forever confusing the role (ordained leader of the congregation / church) with their own personhood (child of God).
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Very few Protestant pastors ordained in the last thirty years have been educated to think of themselves as the spiritual leaders of a congregation.
But to listen to Andrew Sparks, the spiritual leader of Avodat and an ordained PCUSA minister, the denomination has acted with unprecedented faithfulness in supporting his congregation.