Presbytery in a sentence

Three PC(USA) synods have a non-geographical presbytery for Korean language Presbyterian congregations, and one synod has a non-geographical presbytery for Native American congregations, the Dakota Presbytery.

Although the presbytery was formed at Rev. James Harris' church in Toronto, his congregation remained independent of the new presbytery.

For example, the Lackawanna Presbytery, located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, has a partnership with a presbytery in Ghana.

Presbytery A presbytery is formed by all the congregations and the Ministers of Word and Sacrament in a geographic area together with elders selected (proportional to congregation size) from each of the congregations.

The Moderator of the presbytery is elected annually and is either a minister member or an elder commissioner from one of the presbytery's congregations.

While the moderator of a presbytery normally serves one year, the stated clerk normally serves a designated number of years and may be re-elected indefinitely by the presbytery.

He added: “The plan offers a viable and credible future for the Presbytery of Ross in the coming years, by making important decisions about the allocation of ministers and ministry roles and the choice of church buildings to retain.

Giuseppe Farrugia (1852-1925) which starts from the main aisle and ends in the presbytery and dome.

In 1840 William Govan, was licensed and ordained by Glasgow Presbytery to establish a seminary for the training of pupils to be preachers and teachers to their own people.

It is in the presbytery of St Peter and St Paul Deshaies.

The doors of a former presbytery house in Willenhall were finally opened then to welcome its first three new residents, all young men who had recently received refugee status in the UK and could finally start their journeys integrating into UK society.

The Beni Kedem Highlander bagpipers and drummers will play at service to commemorate the churches’ Scottish heritage and the sermon will be given by the Rev. Dr. Ed Thompson, General Presbyter of the West Virginia Presbytery.

It will among other things coordinate with Presbytery Executives and District Pastors for programmes on evangelism including; open air crusades and revivals.

Many of the presbytery's original features were significantly altered more than two decades ago, when it was first converted into a retirement home.

Rev. Dr Agidi was speaking at the commissioning of 13 ministerial candidates of the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P.) Church, Ghana at the Lorenz Wolf Congregation at Tema in the Meridian Presbytery of the Church on Sunday.

A congregation issues a call for the pastor's service, but this call must be ratified by the local presbytery.

Additionally, the presbytery must approve if either the congregation or the pastor wishes to dissolve that pastoral relationship.

A pastor cannot be a member of the congregation he or she serves as pastor because his or her primary ecclesiastical accountability lies with the presbytery.

A presbytery is required to elect a Moderator and a Clerk, but the practice of hiring staff is optional.

As with the moderators of synods and assemblies, the moderatorship is a primus inter pares position appointed by the presbytery itself.