Abstract
A MEASURE of the position, the changing position, of the church is to be found in the status of the minister. Minister is here taken to include clergymen, priests, rabbis, and recognized leaders of worship in churches. It includes the recognized professional men of the cloth and such other church officiants as Christian Science readers, Spiritualist mediums (where there are no clergymen), and Salvation Army officers. Webster gives as his sixth and seventh meanings for minister: One duly authorized to serve at the altar or conduct Christian worship; one who performs sacerdotal duties, etc.; one duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel, administer the sacraments, etc., esp., a pastor; a clergyman. One exercising sacerdotal functions in a nonChristian religion. In the days of colonial settlement the ministry was both functionally and by status a post of community leadership. Andrews describes the English experience of the founding clergy which served as training for their work in New Haven:1
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