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
If he could venture to encounter the hoary-headed eldership and substantial theology of the North, surely I may, without fear, address myself to the flimsy evangelism of the South.”
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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
Zinzendorf's monarchical prerogative was surrendered to the eldership, and Spangenberg prudently secured the withdrawal of all excrescences and extravagances.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
It is not probable that Polycarp was at the head of the eldership of Smyrna much earlier.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
