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pastors

  • plural
    of pastor.
    pastor
    noun
    a minister or priest in charge of a church.

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Its members included senior pastors, first ladies, evangelists, and other women with constituencies of their own that travel far in a state like Michigan.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

"We are very worried, because most pastors here depend on preaching to take care of their families through the monetary gifts offered by passengers," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I remember helping organize a food bank with several other pastors in the inner city on the Eastern seaboard.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ren insisted that financial giving -- used partly to pay pastors -- is part of Biblical teaching practised by Christian churches.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

They have portraits of all the old, dead pastors on the walls.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas