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
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 was concerning this business that Taras very nearly lost his eldership by reason of a word of sensible advice.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
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 Karl Emil Franzos
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
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