pastorate

Preposition: of

• church: This was followed in 1895 by an invitation to take the pastorate of the church located there.

Converse of object

• serve: Fixed term appointments most calls to ministers to serve pastorates are open ended.
• have: On this account it would be, I think, of great value to all our students who have pastorates.
• hold: Their first minister was the Rev. George Larkham, who held the pastorate for 49 years.
• leave: Finally I came to grips with reality and left the pastorate and went back to being a stockbroker.

Adjective modifier

• vacant: It would seem that with a wide range of vacant pastorates, there would be no difficulty in making the 'right ' introduction.
• joint: They began a joint pastorate at Newbury Baptist Church in 1979.
• local: All my churches have been open to my taking on work outside the local pastorates.
• first: In 1903 we find him back in Dallas, the scene of his first pastorate.
• new: However, the main reason for the regrouping was the belief that the new pastorates provided a better basis for mission within the District.
• particular: It is for the particular pastorate, with the concurrence of the district council, to call a minister.

Modifies a noun

• profile: The congregation will have prepared a pastorate profile on the basis of which the suitable candidate will be sought.
• church: Both Congregationalists and Presbyterians had many single pastorate churches.
• call: The pastorate call group should have confidence in the candidate as a prospective minister before issuing an invitation to preach with a view.
• group: Normally the pastorate vacancy group will comprise only Elders.
• vacancy: Normally the pastorate vacancy group will comprise only Elders.
• leader: This training will be flexible and tailored to the requirements of the pastorate leaders, and will in most cases be a monthly meeting.

Noun used with modifier

• group: In the case of a joint or group pastorate, there are various options to consider.
• student: Where students undertake a student pastorate it is usually possible to arrange a bursary.
• church: There has been a marked decline in single church pastorates which historically had been the prominent feature.