1.   Many of its earlier leaders were lay preachers who entered politics in order to apply their religious ideals in practical ways.

2.   Javed Nasir, a lay preacher, as head of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency.

3.   His grandfather, Mr Albert Edward Cook, was a Wesleyan lay preacher who travelled round the dales chapels, and the young Arthur often went with him.

4.   A non-conformist lay preacher, he fought the November byelection.

5.   A few are ordained, but many, like Bob Jackson of Barnard Castle, are lay preachers who help out when they can.

6.   He was a lay preacher, too, and a fine tenor in the Methodist choir.

7.   Her father, Alfred Roberts, a grocer, politician and Methodist lay preacher, occasionally led services in the building around the turn of the century.

8.   His father was an ironworker and a Methodist lay preacher, his mother an Irish immigrant.

9.   The archbishop, who was a chemist, said he lost his job and apartment when he began working as a lay preacher.

10.   Where else would you expect a lay preacher to be on a Sunday?