presbytery
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Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Sister Mary Ross, 79, lived in the presbytery next door and was awoken by the blaze.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2022
For the first time since they shared the St Alipius presbytery at Ballarat in the 1970s, George Pell will be back under the same roof as the worst of the worst.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017
Northwold's presbytery further east remained unhurt, nor did the shrine of St. Etheldreda behind the high altar receive any damage.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
In the lead-up to the debate, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
Ahead of the vote, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
Presbyterians' 257 regional presbyteries, similar approval by the General Assemblies and presbyteries of the other two denominations.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is my hope that presbyteries will one day consider the whole of each candidate, looking first to the gifts each candidate seeks to bring to the ministry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The presbyteries and synods met regularly and secretly in a cave, or the hollow bed of a river, or among the mountains.
From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
