presbytery

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

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

Explosive allegations have arisen from the city where Cardinal Pell was a priest from 1973-83, at one stage living in a presbytery with Ridsdale.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016

A partly subterranean chapel, six or eight feet lower than the pavement of the church, extends under the presbytery.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis

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

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

A model of democracy is the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Once a year each of its 289 presbyteries elects a moderator to be its presiding officer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assembly referreth this to the care of the particular presbyteries.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly