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

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 Binning, Hugh

It was concerning this business that Taras very nearly lost his eldership by reason of a word of sensible advice.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

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

Could we tell when this work of Hermas was written, we could also perhaps name the very year when the president of the eldership was first called bishop.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)