1. minister of religion – a person authorized to conduct religious worship; “clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches” curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector. clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend – a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church.
Who is the leader of the Protestant Church?
Martin Luther, often called the father of Protestantism, fundamentally changed the Christian world through his force of will and new ideas. He tried passionately to reform the Catholic Church.