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  • noun Plural form of pastor.

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  • Almost by common consent, pastors are excused; and missionaries are looked for from the young men and the children; and the hope of the heathen amounts to this, that some young men may be kept from imitating the example of their fathers and elder brethren, and be prevailed upon to enter the missionary work before they _become pastors_.

    Thoughts on Missions Sheldon Dibble 1827

  • To be a preacher of the Word, supervisor of the congregation and spiritual adviser of the pastors is and will continue to be my calling.

    Norway In War and At The Peace Conference 1943

  • I think the most terrifying thing that conservatives (political fundie, religious fundie or both) learn from their pastors is law.

    Think Progress » Purported doctor on Texas A&M message board claims he ‘laid off my first Obama voting employee.’ (Updated) 2010

  • Superdelegates as well as all voters should learn what Cornell Fowler, former reporter for the Des Moines Tribune, wrote in today's Des Moines Register: Fowler, whose father and grandfather were both pastors from the south side of Chicago, says that to understand the ruckus over Wright, you must understand the south side of Chicago, where Obama attends church.

    Blitzer: Should Clinton's swing state edge be a factor? 2008

  • If Clinton or McCain pastors spoke their mind .....

    Mum's the word for Michelle on Rev. Wright 2008

  • SMU's Perkins School of Theology gets grant for training of Latin American pastors

    RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

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    RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • SMU's Perkins School of Theology gets grant for training of Latin American pastors

    RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • We train pastors in conflict mediation and peacemaking.

    Transforming Nations 2006

  • Latin American pastors in the meeting at Puebla, that in the ability to live together, "... all human beings hold the common good as fundamental, consistent with the ever more fraternal realization of common dignity which does not use some persons as tools for the benefit of others, and that all be disposed to sacrifice for some particular good ends".

    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel - Nobel Lecture 1980

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