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title: "5 Ordained Minister Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahershala-ali/i-grew-up-in-church-my-mom-s-a-minister-and-my-grandmother-was-an/)

[Mahershala Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahershala-ali/)

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> [“I am not meant to be alone in life, and that the type of committed, indissoluble partnership in which I am engaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-benedict/i-am-not-meant-to-be-alone-in-life-and-that-the-type-of-committed/)

[Charles Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-benedict/)

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> [The daughter of an ordained minister, I had been forced to go to church since I was a toddler. I hated church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/the-daughter-of-an-ordained-minister-i-had-been-forced-to-go-to/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/lionel-shriver-744_believe_the-daughter-of-an-ordained-minister-i-h_1587076.jpg)

> [My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahershala-ali/my-mother-is-an-ordained-minister-i-m-a-muslim-she-didn-t-do-back/)

[Mahershala Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahershala-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/mahershala-ali-6687_converted_my-mother-is-an-ordained-minister-i-m-a_2544199.jpg)

> [“The only thing I remember about his being ordained minister was that my mem had just had a baby so she hadn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ora-jay-eash/the-only-thing-i-remember-about-his-being-ordained-minister-was-that/)

[Ora-Jay Eash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ora-jay-eash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/ora-jay-eash-9384_bishop_the-only-thing-i-remember-about-his-bein_3126613.jpg)

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