Topic summary
Pastors

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pastor.
A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (singular); or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Anglicanism, pastors are always ordained. In Methodism, pastors may be either licensed or ordained.