There are several words used, such as pastor, minister, preacher, or in some churches, Reverend.
Anglicans (including Episcopals) and Lutherans also have deacons, deaconesses, vicars, priests and bishops. Each refers to clergy with a different rank and role.
That's like asking "Who is the President of Africa?" (See, Africa is a continent with many nations. Protestant is a category of Christianity, encompassing literally thousands of divisions.) There isn't one.
There is no leader, no authority or control over the churches, no ecclesiastical organization which has more power than another. It is not organized like the Catholic Church.
Protestants recognize Christ as the only ruler of their churches.
It depends on the denomination and context where they are serving. Leaders of individual congregations are called "pastor" or "minister" in most denominations. In the Anglican Communion (Episcopal in the US) they are called Priests instead. Some denominations also have Bishops, but some do not.
These are the ordained church leaders in the protestant Churches. In the Methodist Church, for example, ordained clergy are called ministers, whilst in the Baptist Church they tend to be called pastors. In the Anglican Church, however, the ordained leaders are names the same as the Roman Catholic Church - deacons, priests and bishops.
There are no churches in Judaism.
No protestant churches do not have a single leader like the pope.
The Church refers to non-Catholic churches as ecclesial communities as they are not "churches" in the real sense of the word. Most of these now are '''protestant''' of one form or another and called that.
Most protestant churches do not have priests. The person that leads the service is typically called a pastor or minister.
There is no pope of Protestant churches. In fact, you could say that one of the main reasons for the Protestant Reformation was not to have a pope!
Some presbyterian churches have deacons.
The founders of many Protestant Churches felt that having statues or pictures of saints in their churches could be regarded as a form of idolatory.
The Pope is the Spiritual Leader of all Catholics. The Archbishop of Armagh is the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland. The Queen of England is Head of the Anglican Church, a Protestant Church, hence the Church of Ireland which is the main Protestant Church in Ireland. There are also other Protestant Churches, other Christian churches and other non-Christian faiths in Ireland, all of whom have leaders.
Protestant, most churches such as Methodist or Baptist come from the protestant faith.
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Palin is a member of a Protestant Christian denomination called the Apostolic Church, part of the Pentecostal churches.