A-Z: General definitions
- Labour of Love
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- Land flowing with milk and honey
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A-Z: General definitions: Lay preacher
Definition
A Christian preacher who is not ordained, but commissioned by their denomination to preach and take services. See lay; laity.
Translation
Greek: 'laos,' ordinary peopleName originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
A person within a church appointed to give a sermon at the worship services of that church. He may be the leader of that church, or someone within that church recognised as having a special ability to preach.
1.) To make someone a minister or priest. 2.) To decree or order.
A religious group sharing a common set of beliefs and organization.
a religious adherent or believer who is not clergy
Commonly used of members of members of Christian churches who are not ordained.
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