eldership

Example Sentences

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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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

"I wudna wonder if ye didna come yont to tell me aboot the eldership," he said slowly.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

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

I soon perceived that I could do little unless I had power vested in me--unless I were elected to the eldership.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil