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

Again, the ordinance about suspension of scandalous persons from the sacrament appointeth other work to classes, beside preaching and disputing, namely, the receiving and judging of appeals from the congregational eldership.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Once more, another qualification for the eldership that our deceased brother possessed, was, that he had a good report from without.

From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill

The ceremonies of ordination are declared to be fasting, earnest prayer, and imposition of the hands of the eldership.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

All these prerogatives belonged to the united eldership, in which the lay element was distinctly predominant.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.