Herr Pastor

{{Verification|date=November 2022}}

Herr Pastor is a stereotypical authoritarian pastor in an ethnic German congregation. Herr Pastor, literally "Mister Pastor" in German, was a title often used even in English-speaking congregations with German heritage, such as Lutheran or Evangelical and Reformed Church.{{cite web|title=Pastoral Concerns|url=http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9711/opinion/nuechterlein.html|website=www.leaderu.com}}

The leadership style of the Herr Pastor was, to some degree, a benevolent dictatorship in the sense that the Herr Pastor held supreme decision-making authority. Depictions of the Herr Pastor often characterise him as humorless.