My husband, God rest his soul, was a lay minister.

He resigned two years later after his affair with a lay minister became public knowledge.

He became well known as an evangelical lay minister.

He served as a lay minister for his entire adult life.

According to his official campaign biography, Scheurer has also been a lay minister.

He is a born again Christian who serves as a lay minister to the racing community.

His oldest son became a lay minister, besides being a doctor.

Twenty thousand men and women work as lay ministers in 19,000 parishes.

"I have been a lay minister in the Methodist church," he said.

One other response has been a dramatic increase in the number of ordained lay ministers.