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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin minister ("servant", "attendant"). It differs from other terms for…

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Minister (Christianity)

Nodes160
Edges159
Triples20
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
teaching beliefsinstance ofa minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions0.80text
eldersrefer people to community support servicesinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
psychologists or doctorsresearchinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
study religioninstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
Holy Scriptureinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
Christian theologysupervise prayerinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
discussion groupsinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
retreatsinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
seminarsinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
and provide religious instructionteach on spiritualinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
theological subjectstrain leaders for churchinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text
communityinstance ofthis may be done as part of a team with lay people in roles0.80text

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