Ministers

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Confessions of a Frustrated
Lay Minister

I do everything from prepare the liturgy to process annulments--but I feel invisible in the Church.

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Lay Ministers: A Case of
Misplaced Priorities

The bishops ought to be focusing on the things that lay people can do outside, not inside, church buildings.

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Assemblies of God OKs 'Divorced Marriages'

Church leader says pastors should have the power to decide who should marry.

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Presbyterians May Convene to Discuss Gay Ministers

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Looking for a Place of Peace

In the waiting room, a minister offered to say a special prayer for a dying man.

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