Howard and Bernadette, the five of us stand before you as your friends and newly ordained ministers. Louder!
霍华德和伯纳黛特,我们五人站在你们面前,是你们的朋友,也是新认证神父。大点声!
2012 English Cafe
In 2009, there were over 10,000 of these certificates saying that people were ordained ministers in this church – over 10,000 of these certificates were being given out every month!
I, who preached contentment with a humble lot, and justified the vocation even of hewers of wood and drawers of water in God’s service—I, His ordained minister, almost rave in my restlessness.
In Christianity, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of 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", which itself was derived from minus "less".