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A pastoral charge (from the word pastor), in Methodist churches, consists of one or more congregations under the spiritual leadership of a minister or ministry team. The minister is responsible for providing pastoral care , leading church services , and administering the sacraments in all the churches within the charge.
Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders.Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session (or consistory), though other terms, such as church board, may apply.
Installation is a Christian liturgical act that formally allows a cleric to assume the office of his appointed position at a particular place such as a cathedral.
Pastor: Reverend: Elder: Some Presbyterian denominations distinguish between Teaching Elder (aka Minister of Word and Sacrament or Pastor) and Ruling Elder. Teaching Elders are ordained by the Presbytery and fill the role of pastor. Ruling Elders are ordained by the local church and serve on a board that leads the church. Deacon: Priestess
In the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, the pastoral charge is responsible for receiving new members (as well as excommunicating members), calling its own pastor, granting licenses to preach, recommending local preachers to the Annual Conference, electing officers and trustees, among other tasks.
Matthew Jacob, pastor at Lumen Christi Catholic Church, will serve as supervising priest, he said. An acting judicial vicar has yet to be named. Christmas Day this year marks the 100th anniversary ...
A Missouri couple has been charged with child abuse after police claim they performed a circumcision on a child at their home despite not having the medical training to do so.
the first style of ministering is the player coach style. In this style, the pastor is a "participant in all the processes that the church uses to reach people and see them transformed; the second style of ministering is the delegating style, in which the minister develops members of the church to point that they can be trusted