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  2. Lay ministry - Wikipedia

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    Lay ministry is a term used for ministers of faiths in Christian denominations who are not ordained in their faith tradition. Lay ministers are people who are elected by the church, full-time or part-time. They may have theological degrees and training, which may be required in certain instances, but not all lay ministries require this ...

  3. Laity - Wikipedia

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    The orders of ministry are thus laypersons, licensed lay ministers (or readers), deacons, priests, and bishops. [ 30 ] The ministry of the laity is "to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever they may be; and, according to the gifts given them, to carry on Christ's work of reconciliation in the world; and to take their ...

  4. Lay leader - Wikipedia

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    A lay leader is a member of the laity in any congregation who has been chosen as a leader either by their peers or the leadership of the congregation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In most denominations, lay leadership is not an ordained clerical office, and the lay leader's responsibilities vary according to the particular tradition of the congregation.

  5. Minister (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church identifies five ecclesial vocations, three of which are ordained. Theologians and lay ecclesial ministers are not necessarily ordained, while bishops, presbyters, and deacons are ordained. While only the latter are considered clergy by the Catholic Church, all are considered ministers in the professional and vocational sense.

  6. Lay preacher - Wikipedia

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    A lay preacher at a nineteenth-century Haugean conventicle. A lay preacher is a preacher who is not ordained (i.e. a layperson ) and who may not hold a formal university degree in theology . Lay preaching varies in importance between religions and their sects.

  7. ‘Word of the Lord.’ Local houses of worship for the Deaf ...

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    Sometimes graduates go on to lead Bible studies or care ministries for nursing home and hospital patients; some serve as extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, lay people who distribute Holy ...

  8. Lay ecclesial ministry - Wikipedia

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    Lay ecclesial ministry is the term adopted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to identify the relatively new category of pastoral ministers in the ...

  9. Licensed lay minister - Wikipedia

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    Lay readers at Chester Cathedral Badge sometimes worn by licensed lay ministers. In Anglicanism, a licensed lay minister (LLM) or lay reader (in some jurisdictions simply reader) is a person authorised by a bishop to lead certain services of worship (or parts of the service), to preach and to carry out pastoral and teaching functions.