Example Sentences

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It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24 years.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

“Did the San Bernardino Diocese, when they were creating their list, actually do a thorough job to determine what pedophile priests had ministered in their diocese?” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2018

Rev. Cardenal had ministered to the poor during his Jesuit novitiate in Medellin, Colombia, and adhered to liberation theology.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2016

Members of his church, the Calvary Church of Aurora, had been at the theater during the shooting and had ministered to the injured and traumatized after they fled the theater in horror.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2012

Even her hair was graciously in place as if an angel had ministered to her.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom