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
I took the eldership at your hands, I know, saying nothing of the dark blot that soiled the past.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
In fact, the eldership is used in the Second Book of Discipline itself as a convertible term with presbytery, and is often so used in the acts of contemporary assemblies.
From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by David Hay Fleming
Angus Strachan, ordained already, I give you the right hand of fellowship into the eldership of St. Cuthbert's church.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
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 David Hay Fleming
