Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.

爱德华兹是一位卫理公会的世俗布道者和社工。

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Dignity was his byword: three-piece suits, velvet waistcoats and the rolling oratory of a man who had been a fine lay preacher before he left West Virginia.

高雅是他的座右铭：3件套装西服，天鹅绒马甲和圆熟的口才——他离开西弗吉尼亚前曾是一个优秀的非神职布道者。

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His father is a lay preacher in a black Baptist church.

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Mr Greaves, a lay preacher, was attacked while he was on his way to midnight Mass at St Saviour's Church near his home in High Green on 24 December.

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Her father, a Methodist lay preacher, was active in local politics and a major early influence.

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