Explore Pastoring through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pastoring meaning
present participle and gerund of pastor
Using Pastoring
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of pastor
- In the example corpus, pastoring often appears in combinations such as: pastoring church.
Context around Pastoring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pastoring
- In this selection, "pastoring" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, evangelizing, ever and singing stand out and add context to how "pastoring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after co pastoring with rev and bickle was pastoring a church. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pastoring" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pastoring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bickle was pastoring a church in Leawood, Kansas, with 500 young adults at the time. (15 words)
Krueger has been active in MBC life while pastoring his church, serving on the Board of Trustees for Hannibal LaGrange Baptist University. (22 words)
You see, I have been pastoring for over 21 years, but the request of welfare need we have had from people in recent times is unbelievable. (26 words)
The late Reverend George E. Weaver’s tenure as senior pastor was marked by tremendous growth and expansion of the church before the late Dr. Mack King Carter assumed his role as senior pastor after co-pastoring with Rev. Weaver for 16 months. (43 words)
King planned to marry her, but friends advised against it, saying that such an interracial marriage would provoke animosity from both blacks and whites, potentially damaging his chances of ever pastoring a church in the South. (36 words)
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 49 years, Bishop Dean Livingston, together they served in full-time ministry, evangelizing, pastoring, singing and playing music. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
Krueger has been active in MBC life while pastoring his church, serving on the Board of Trustees for Hannibal LaGrange Baptist University.
Bickle was pastoring a church in Leawood, Kansas, with 500 young adults at the time.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 49 years, Bishop Dean Livingston, together they served in full-time ministry, evangelizing, pastoring, singing and playing music.
The late Reverend George E. Weaver’s tenure as senior pastor was marked by tremendous growth and expansion of the church before the late Dr. Mack King Carter assumed his role as senior pastor after co-pastoring with Rev. Weaver for 16 months.
You see, I have been pastoring for over 21 years, but the request of welfare need we have had from people in recent times is unbelievable.
King planned to marry her, but friends advised against it, saying that such an interracial marriage would provoke animosity from both blacks and whites, potentially damaging his chances of ever pastoring a church in the South.
Common combinations with pastoring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: