eldership
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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2023
The senior minister ceased to preside over the eldership; and the Church was no longer governed, as heretofore, by the "blessed presbyters."
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
What one church without its eldership can be instanced in the New Testament, that in such cases once presumed to exercise such power, which might be precedent or example for it to other churches?
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
They who were convicted of such offences, were sometimes rebuked in private by an elder, and at other times by the minister in the presence of the eldership.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
In St. Cuthbert's, the pride of eldership was chiefly vested in their wives and daughters.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
