In addition to the appointed minister, there are various other types of church officials:
e.g.
A synonym for a church official is clergy or cleric.
The official title of a candidate for holy orders is "seminarian" in the Roman Catholic Church.
Atheism..... i think.
Thomas Jefferson, as Governor of Virginia, declared in 1779 that Virginia had no official state church with the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This statute is considered a precursor to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and established freedom of religion in Virginia.
The United Methodist Church does not support same-sex marriage. The church's official position is that marriage is between one man and one woman. However, there are ongoing discussions and disagreements within the church on this issue.
Synonym: loyal, devoted. Antonym: disloyal, unfaithful.
official
Church.
The official church of Russia is the Russian Orthodox Church. Even though it is the official church there is complete religious freedom in most of Russia.
The Pope is the official head of the Roman Catholic Church, so that is "his" church.
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
Anglican Church, or Church of England, made official church of Georgia colony in 1758.
The church of England is the official established church in England and the mother church of the worldwide angelican communion.
pocedural, methodical, methodological, official etc
The synonym for antidisestablishmentarianism is establishmentarianism, which refers to the support or advocacy of a state church established by law.
Temple, place of worship, church
The Russian Orthodox Church