单词 | team ministry |
释义 | > as lemmasteam ministry team ministry n. Anglican Church a group of clergy consisting of the incumbents of a number of benefices who minister jointly to several parishes under the leadership of a rector or vicar; the system or a scheme in which parishes are looked after by such groups; sometimes contrasted with group ministry n. at group n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1935 not a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > rector of team > group led by team ministry1935 1935 Scotsman 6 Mar. 17/2 A team ministry was demanded by the needs of the situation. The details could be worked out, but there should be a minimum of two men. 1955 Life 12 Dec. 63/1 The Rev. Mr. Edgar..invited three other ministers to join him as equal partners in a remarkable new kind of team ministry. 1964 L. Paul Deployment & Payment of Clergy xv. 142 Group or team ministries in town..ought eventually to increase the total urban ministry rather than decrease it. 1980 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. May 15/2 The faint hearts in the Diocese who see team ministry as a threat. 2001 P. D. James Death in Holy Orders (2002) 338 St. Osyth's was now part of a team ministry and there was at present an interregnum with a new priest temporarily taking the services. < as lemmas |
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