Preposition: of

• reconciliation: That's why we can speak of a ministry of reconciliation.

• deacon: This might suggest a great diversity of roles as appropriate within the ministry of the deacon.

• evangelism: The church has a long-time commitment to the ministry of evangelism, through the former vicar, Canon John Collins.

• bishop: The Church of England, however, maintained the Catholic parish system and the traditional threefold ministry of bishop, priest and deacon.

Converse of object

• ordain: I have been in full time ordained ministry in the Church of England for nearly two years.

• exercise: The Spirit of God is unwilling to exercise a partial ministry.

Adjective modifier

• earthly: Instead, during his earthly ministry, Jesus is without any visible means of support.

• pastoral: It is a pleasant environment with a pastoral ministry.

• priestly: This function is an integral part of the priestly ministry, setting them apart from the common people.

• stipendiary: Moving to be with us she will be entering full-time stipendiary ministry.

• prophetic: Neither Patel nor the woman knew about the prophetic ministry at that time.

• diaconal: It was clear from the debate that work remains to be done to ensure the effective use of diaconal ministry.

Modifies a noun

• spokesman: A ministry spokesman said: " A work contract of this kind is a strictly private affair and is the decision of Mr Stange.

Noun used with modifier

• deliverance: There was prayer, exorcism, deliverance ministry and heavy shepherding.

• preaching: In this way people can be encouraged to think for themselves and benefit from the preaching ministry.

• gospel: Paul's team have a proven track record of gospel ministry.

• circuit: His active circuit ministry was spent primarily in the North-West of England.

• healing: From reading the Gospels it's clear that faith played an important part in Jesus ' healing ministry.

• multicultural: In addition, the Committee agreed to sponsor a URC national consultation on multicultural ministry in the near future.