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Pastor's Wife (Samo)
A pastor's wife is the spouse of a pastor. In Korean Protestant churches she is addressed by the honorific title samo. The title does not denote an office established by church constitutions, but in many churches the pastor's wife assists in pastoral ministry.
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- Park Sin-ilPeople
Park Sin-il was the wife of Sohn Jeong-do, a Methodist minister and Korean independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. She is known as a pastor's wife who supported her family through her own labor, sustaining her husband's theological studies and his independence work both in Korea and abroad.
- Pastoral PensionOrganization & Polity
A pastoral pension is a pension system operated by a denomination or church to support pastors who have retired or can no longer carry out their duties, as well as their surviving families.
- Susannah SpurgeonPeople
Susannah Spurgeon (1832–1903) was a Christian author and the wife of the English Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. In 1875 she founded the Book Fund, which sent theological books to ministers of limited means.
- John PiperPeople
John Piper (1946– ) is an American Baptist pastor and theologian. He served for thirty-three years at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, advocated what he calls "Christian Hedonism," and founded the ministry Desiring God.
- Ada Cecelia PfautzPeople
Ada Cecelia Pfautz (1899–1987) was the wife of A. W. Tozer, an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). She married Tozer in 1918 and raised six sons and one daughter. After Tozer's death, she married Leonard Odam.
- Pastoral HonorariumOrganization & Polity
A pastoral honorarium is money that a church pays regularly to its ministers, such as the senior pastor, associate pastors, and evangelists, to support their living. It is often referred to simply as an "honorarium."
- Ordination ExaminationChristian Life
The ordination examination is a qualifying examination administered by a Protestant denomination to assess a candidate's theological knowledge, faith, and fitness for pastoral ministry before ordination as a pastor. It is also called the pastoral ordination examination.
- Pastoral RetirementChristian Life
Pastoral retirement is a pastor's withdrawal from active service in the church, such as the office of senior pastor, either upon reaching the mandatory retirement age or by the pastor's own choice. A pastor who has withdrawn in this way is called a retired pastor.
- Pastor EmeritusChurch Offices
Pastor emeritus is an honorary title that a church confers on a retired pastor who served that congregation for many years, in recognition of that service. The title carries no authority to govern the church; it expresses honor and respect.
- Kim Dong-myung (pastor)People
Kim Dong-myung was a Baptist pastor from Cheolsan, North Pyongan Province. In 1957 he founded the Korean Baptist Church of Los Angeles, laying the foundation for Korean ministry within the Southern Baptist Convention in the United States. He was the husband of Ahn Ei-sook, an activist who opposed Shinto shrine worship.
- Hereditary Pastoral SuccessionControversies
Hereditary pastoral succession is the practice of passing a senior pastor's position to the pastor's child or son-in-law. It is also called hereditary pastorate or passing down the pastorate. In Korea, denominations such as the Korean Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) have prohibited it by church law, and debate over the practice continues.
- Non-Self-Supporting ChurchOrganization & Polity
A non-self-supporting church is a church that cannot cover its pastor's living allowance and operating expenses from its members' offerings alone and therefore receives support from its denomination or from other churches. It is also called a "future self-supporting church."
- Katharina von BoraPeople
Katharina von Bora (1499–1552) was a sixteenth-century German former nun. In 1525 she married the Reformer Martin Luther, and their household became a leading example of the early Protestant pastor's family.
- Sexual Violence in the ChurchControversies
Sexual violence in the church is sexual violence that occurs within communities of faith such as churches and mission organizations. Views differ on what procedures the church should use to handle such cases and on whether a pastor who has committed abuse may return to ministry.
- Interim Moderator of SessionOrganization & Polity
In Presbyterian churches, an interim moderator of session is a minister whom the presbytery temporarily appoints to preside over a congregation's session when the church has no senior pastor or the session cannot otherwise be led by its pastor.
- Cooperating PastorChurch Offices
A cooperating pastor is an ordained pastor who is affiliated with a church or institution and assists the senior pastor in ministry. The title is used mainly in Presbyterian churches, and its conditions of service and standing within the presbytery vary according to each denomination's constitution.
- Senior PastorChurch Offices
A senior pastor is the minister who holds responsibility for a local church and oversees its preaching, sacraments, pastoral care, and administration. The procedures for appointment and the status of the office vary according to each denomination's form of church government.
- Pastoral CallOrganization & Polity
A pastoral call is the process by which a church formally invites and receives a minister, such as a senior pastor or associate pastor, according to established procedures. The specific procedures and the body that makes the decision vary with each denomination's system of church government.
- PastorChurch Offices
In Protestantism, a pastor is an ordained minister responsible for preaching, administering the sacraments, and caring for church members. Qualifications and ordination procedures vary by denomination.