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40-450: Hanstholm is a small town and a former island, now elevated area in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland , located in northern Denmark . The population of the town is 2,085 (1 January 2024). The former island Hanstholm (short form of the original name Hansted Holm) has many placenames, including Hansted, Nørby, Gårddal, Ræhr, Hamborg, Bjerre, Febbersted, Krog, Nytorp and Vigsø. In

80-486: A result of the Municipal reform of 2007 , Hanstholm Municipality ceasted to exist on 1 January 2007, when it was merged with Thisted and Sydthy municipalities to form the new Thisted Municipality . Hanstholm is located on the northern edge of a salt dome , and this edge consists of very hard chalk, which is the reason that ice age erosion did not remove these formations. Because the ocean streams in this area prevent

120-549: A separate office). In larger churches with many staff members, "Senior Pastor" commonly refers to the person who gives the sermons the majority of the time, with other persons having titles relating to their duties, for example "Worship Pastor" for the person leading singing. Ordained presbyters are called priests in the Church of England , as in all other ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Communion , and use

160-543: A special method of filling them with water before the explosion. A museum in Hanstholm gives access to the central parts of this World War II fortress. After the war, many conifers were planted in order to provide shelter against the wind and in order to hide the German concrete constructions (ref. SkovOgNatur brochure). The conifers are now slowly being replaced by broadleaf trees , which are more natural to area. As

200-543: Is affirmed by the Presbyterian Church . On the other hand, Christians of the Roman Catholic, Persian , Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Moravian , Scandinavian Lutheran, Anglican, and Old Catholic traditions maintain the latter view and affirm the doctrine of apostolic succession . These terms describe a leader (e.g., bishop), one who maintains a careful watch for the spiritual needs of all

240-545: Is related to this, Hanherred: To the north is Vigsø Bay (‘’Vigsø Bugt’’) a part of Skagerrak . To the west is the North Sea . The ferry MV Norröna of Smyril Line operated a weekly summer service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland from Hanstholm until 2010. This service now departs from Hirtshals. The northern part of Denmark is rising because of plate tectonics , and has lifted the island of Hanstholm out of

280-472: Is to be older and experienced in the faith (i.e., an elder), a person who is a decision-maker, and a manager of church affairs. The actual word pastor is derived from a Latin word meaning shepherd. The word "pastor" derives from the Latin noun pastor which means " shepherd " and is derived from the verb pascere – "to lead to pasture, set to grazing, cause to eat". The term "pastor" also relates to

320-711: The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod , use the terms reverend and pastor interchangeably for ordained members of the clergy, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) , usually just uses pastor. The term "pastor", in the majority of Baptist churches, is one of two offices within the church, deacon being the other, and is considered synonymous with "elder" or "bishop" (though in Reformed Baptist churches, elders are

360-573: The Port of Hirtshals approximately 140 km north of Hanstholm. With the loss of the ferry service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland, Hanstholm also lost its last ferry connection to and from the city, but there are still on-going attempts to establish new ferry routes to the city, and at the same time try to get some of the old ferry routes back to the port of Hanstholm. There are two museums in Hanstholm, one of which enables visitors to go down into

400-502: The Code of Canon Law is parochus . The parish priest is the proper clergyman in charge of the congregation of the parish entrusted to him. He exercises the pastoral care of the community entrusted to him under the authority of the diocesan bishop , whose ministry of Christ he is called to share, so that for this community he may carry out the offices of teaching, sanctifying and ruling with the cooperation of other priests or deacons and with

440-827: The LORD." ( KJV ). English-language translations of the New Testament usually render the Greek noun ποιμήν ( poimēn ) as "shepherd" and the Greek verb ποιμαίνω ( poimainō ) as "feed". The two words occur a total of 29 times in the New Testament, most frequently referring to Jesus. For example, Jesus called himself the "Good Shepherd" in John 10:11. The same words in the familiar Christmas story ( Luke 2) refer to literal shepherds. In five New Testament passages though,

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480-856: The Second World War, they stopped all construction in June 1943, removed all machines and blew up the buildings on the beach. After the Second World War , a political struggle began to complete the harbour's construction, but the other harbours in Denmark feared this. But the passing of a new law on 29 April 1960 finally led to the harbour's completion. It opened in 1967 and today is one of the largest harbours in Denmark. Fjord Line ferries sailed from Hanstholm until autumn 2008 to Western Norway ( Egersund , Haugesund and Bergen ). Fjord Line's fast ferry Fjord Cat to Kristiansand sailed from

520-685: The World War II bunkers, see how the soldiers lived, drive the ammunition train from ammunition depots to the cannons, and get an impression of how huge they were. Thisted municipality Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 189317662 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:56:29 GMT Pastor The New Testament typically uses

560-412: The area. After the war it was too dangerous to blow them away and the bunkers themselves were too solid to remove in other ways. Therefore, most bunkers still remain in the ground, and some can even be seen on beaches or in the water, where the ocean has moved the coastline (the coastline moved, but the bunkers did not). Only a few bunkers lying in the way of road constructions have later been blown up using

600-494: The arms of the former Hanstholm municipality . From approximately 1600 to approximately 1850, people from the area of Hanstholm traded considerably with Norway , which was a part of Denmark at that time, with special boats across the Skagerrak . They exported food, mostly grain, and imported logs . There were no trees in the whole area, so wood was in high demand. The primary harbours for this trade were Vigsø and Klitmøller ,

640-493: The assistance of lay members of Christ's faithful, in accordance with the law. The Church of Sweden has a threefold ministry of bishop, priest, and deacon and those ordained to the presbyterate are referred to as priests. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland , ordained presbyters are referred to by various publications, including Finnish ones, as pastors, or priests. In the United States, denominations like

680-510: The beginning of the second millennium , churches were built in Vigsø, Ræhr and Hansted, forming three parishes . At the end of the 20th century, Denmark's largest harbour was built in Hansted, and a 10-fold larger harbour town was needed. A new town was planned, covering the places Hansted, Gårddal and Nørby, and the new town was officially named Hanstholm. This has led to some confusion, because

720-711: The first Christian church in the Thy area was built in 1040 in Vestervig, where Christian priests coming from England entered Denmark. A big monastery was later built here and this was the beginning of the end of the Viking era. The churches in Ræhr, Hansted and Vigsø were built in the 12th century in Roman style, and on Hansted church, one of the stones shows the picture of a trading vessel. This trading vessel has been used as model for

760-412: The former islands had already been covered with dunes. South of Hanstholm, a unique dune landscape of approximately 4,000 hectares has become a wildlife reservation, named Hansted Reservat. The lighthouse was initially built in 1842, but the construction was too weak, so it had to be torn down and rebuilt in 1843. It was the first lens-based lighthouse in Denmark. When it was electrified in 1889, it became

800-558: The harbour (ex-MasterCat and Mads Mols) until October 2009. Previously there has also been a ferry service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland from Hanstholm with the ferry Norröna owned by the Faroese shipping company Smyril Line . But in the autumn of 2010, after almost 20 years of regular ferry service to and from the Faroe Islands and Iceland, the shipping company Smyril Line unexpectedly chose to stop all of its operations to and from Hanstholm. Instead it moved all Danish operations to

840-418: The latter because they had water mills to produce flour . For this trade, special ships were designed, named 'sandskuder', meaning 'sand boats'. They were able to sail directly onto the beach and were designed for the transport of grain, flour and logs. A lot of sand began to drift from the west coast towards the east in the 14th century. In 1555, the sand drift had damaged a large area of Vigsø parish, and

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880-430: The local pastor suggested the abandonment of both the parish and the church. However, people stayed in the area, and the parish remained active. The other parishes were hit hard as well, and in 1690 there were dunes on the pastor's fields, more than 12 metres high. Numerous attempts to stop the sand drift finally succeeded in the 19th century by the planting of trees and lyme grass. However, many low coastal areas between

920-436: The members of the flock (i.e., a pastor). The person must meet scriptural qualifications (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9). For some Protestants, whether called an elder, bishop, or pastor, these terms describe the same service in the church. In the early Church, only a man could be a presbyter , but many Protestant denominations in the 19th and 20th century have changed to allow women to be pastors. Whether man or woman, this person

960-643: The methods used to appoint a person into the role, with either way resulting in the same authority and responsibilities to provide shepherding and grace to a congregation. Some groups today view the pastor , bishop , and elder as synonymous terms or offices; many who do are descended from the Restoration Movement in America during the 19th century, such as the Disciples of Christ and the Churches of Christ . Other religions have started to use

1000-547: The ocean from freezing, and because of Hanstholm's geographic location, it is the perfect place for an industrial harbour , open all year. In 1917, the Danish Parliament decided by law to build a harbour in Hanstholm. However, this was delayed by numerous incidents, including the low grants in the 1930s, and even though the Germans had plans to use the harbour as part of their strategy when they occupied Denmark in

1040-682: The ocean, you can see the entire area. During the Second World War , the citizens of Hansted were removed and Europe's biggest fortress was built by the Germans in this area. Large 38 cm. naval guns were installed, that could shoot almost half the distance to Norway , in order to block allied entry into the Kattegat and thus the Baltic Sea . Similar cannons were installed in Kristiansand in Norway. Thousands of bunkers were constructed in

1080-524: The people from the towns Ræhr and Vigsø live on Hanstholm (the former island), they live in Hanstholm postal district , they live in Hanstholm municipality , but they don't live in Hanstholm town. However, since all the parts of this new harbour town belong to Hansted parish, and because Hansted has been the harbour town for so many centuries, many people refer to this town simply as Hansted instead of Hanstholm. Besides Hanstholm and Hansted, one more name

1120-419: The role of elders within the New Testament , and is synonymous with the biblical understanding of the word " minister ". The term Pastor, Shepherd, and Elder are all the same position. The term "Senior Pastor" does not exist in scripture, but - in multi-staffed churches - is commonly used to denote the pastor who does the preaching. Many Protestant churches call their ministers "pastors". Present-day usage of

1160-408: The strongest lighthouse in Denmark, and still is today, even though the light intensity has been lowered. In a period of its life, it was also the strongest lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was automated in 1970, and in 1979 the buildings associated with the lighthouse were converted to a museum about the nature and history of the surrounding area. From the top of the lighthouse, 65 metres above

1200-472: The term pastor for their own ordained leader of a congregation such as "Buddhist pastor". An assistant or associate pastor is a person who assists the pastor in a Christian church . The qualifications, responsibilities and duties vary depending on church and denomination . In many churches, an assistant pastor is a pastor-in-training, or are awaiting full ordination . In many instances, they are granted limited powers and authority to act with, or in

1240-415: The term pastor to refer to the common Protestant title of modern times dates to the days of John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli . Both men, and other Reformers , seem to have revived the term to replace the Roman Catholic priest in the minds of their followers. The pastor was considered to have a role separate from the board of presbyters . A "pastor" may be either ordained or commissioned, depending on

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1280-446: The title of pastor depending. United Methodists also use the title of pastor for non-ordained clergy who are licensed and appointed to serve a congregation as their pastor or associate pastor, often referred to as licensed local pastors . These pastors may be lay people, seminary students, or seminary graduates in the ordination process, and cannot exercise any functions of clergy outside the charge where they are appointed. The use of

1320-570: The title the Reverend if they are Low church and Father or Mother if they are High church . Those leaders who are not ordained, but have a license from their Bishop, are increasingly using the title Pastor, as well as those office holders who are communicants within the Anglican Communion and participate in lay ministry where a license is not required. United Methodists ordain to the office of deacon and elder, each of whom can use

1360-490: The treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, litigants pacified, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved. In the United States and Canada , the term pastor is used by Catholics for what in other English-speaking countries is called a parish priest . The Latin term used in

1400-484: The water so that it is no longer an island, but an elevated area. You can still see two old farms: Bådsgård, which means boat farm, is located on the previous island Hanstholm; Færgegård, which means ferry farm, is located in Sårup towards Hansted. Today you can simply drive between Sårup and Hansted. As Hansted's population grew from a couple of hundred to several thousand people during the 20th century, some urban planning

1440-758: The word is rooted in the Biblical metaphor of shepherding. The Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) uses the Hebrew word רעה ( roʿeh ), which is used as a noun as in "shepherd", and as a verb as in "to tend a flock." It occurs 173 times in 144 Old Testament verses and relates to the literal feeding of sheep, as in Genesis 29:7. In Jeremiah 23 :4, both meanings are used ( ro'im is used for "shepherds" and yir'um for "shall feed them"), "And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith

1480-620: The words " bishops " ( Acts 20:28 ) and " presbyter " ( 1 Peter 5:1 ) to indicate the ordained leadership in early Christianity. Likewise, Peter instructs these particular servants to "act like shepherds " as they "oversee" the flock of God ( 1 Peter 5:2 ). The words "bishop" and " presbyter " were sometimes used in an interchangeable way, such as in Titus 1 :5-6. However, there is ongoing dispute between branches of Christianity over whether there are two ordained classes (presbyters and deacons ), or three (bishops, priests, and deacons). The first view

1520-428: The words relate to members of the church: Bishops of various denominations often bear a formal crosier in the form of a stylised shepherd 's crook as a symbol of their pastoral/shepherding functions. Around 400 AD, Saint Augustine , a prominent African Catholic bishop , described a pastor's job: Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low-spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted,

1560-402: Was applied. It seems to have been modelled in the same way as other growing Danish towns in the 1960s, which basically means that you can drive through the city without noticing the size of it. Most shopping is concentrated in a shopping mall (Hanstholm Centret), and there are separate pedestrian and bicycle paths covering most of the city. Several excavations have shown that the Hanstholm area

1600-569: Was inhabited by farmers as early as 1000 B.C. In the year 120 B.C., teutons inhabited the area, but left in a large exodus, together with the Cimbri , towards the south, where they encountered the Romans. In the years 800 to 1050, Hanstholm and the area around it were islands , and nearby was the gathering point for the Vikings for their invasions of England and France . According to legend,

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