An elder, in many Methodist churches, is an ordained minister that has the responsibilities to preach and teach, preside at the celebration of the sacraments...

administrative or oversight role Elder (Methodist), an ordained minister with responsibilities to preach and teach Elder (Anglican), a learned minister...

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th...

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings...

ordained the first Methodist elders for America in 1784. Under the leadership of its first bishops, Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, the Methodist Episcopal Church...

office of Elder, then, is what most people tend to think of as the pastoral, priestly, clergy office within the church. Indeed, even a Methodist Bishop is...

saved, especially through the camp meeting revival. In the Methodist church, the presiding elder oversaw the works of preachers and churches to which he...

Free Methodist Church (FMC) ordained its first woman deacon in 1911. The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection ordained its first female elder in 1853...

ministered to by white ordained Methodist ministers. In 1820, six of these churches met to ordain James Varick as an elder, and in 1821 he was made the first...

superintendent (DS), also known as a presiding elder, in many Methodist denominations, is a minister (specifically an elder) who serves in a supervisory position...

The Global Methodist Church (GM Church, or GMC) is a Methodist denomination within Protestant Christianity subscribing to views that were propounded by...

Music from "The Elder" is the ninth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on the Casablanca Records label in 1981. The album marked a substantial...

concerns." A minority of Methodist denominations use another non-connexional form of government, such as the Congregational Methodist Church. Many Reformed...

began as a transitional order before ordination as elders (presbyters). In 1996, the United Methodist Church ended the transitional deacon and established...

through the laying on of hands. In the United Methodist Church bishops remain members of the "Order of Elders" while being consecrated to the "Office of...

Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon...

The Methodist Church of Great Britain is a Protestant Christian denomination in Britain, and the mother church to Methodists worldwide. It participates...

Reformed Churches, and the World Methodist Council. Robert Burns published a brief irreverent poem, "On A Celebrated Ruling Elder", as an elegy for a Scottish...

needed] United Methodists ordain to the office of deacon and elder, each of whom can use the title of pastor depending. United Methodists also use the title...

John Hannah D.D., called the elder (1792–1867) was an English Wesleyan Methodist minister. Born at Lincoln on 3 November 1792, he was the third son of...

the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, there are thus two different tiers of ministers—licensed preachers and ordained elders. Local preachers have...

presiding elders traveled quarterly. Hunter was first appointed to a missionary school at Bayou Baynard, and this began his long career as a Methodist minister...

more than one conference). The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a similar structure to the United Methodist Church, also using the Episcopal Area...

Box Elder County, UT". Historic American Buildings Survey. National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2014. Media related to Corinne Methodist Episcopal...

The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC, S; also Methodist Episcopal Church South) was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century...

Congregational Methodist Church Evangelical Church of North America Evangelical Methodist Church Free Methodist Church Global Methodist Church God's Missionary...

Calvinistic Methodist Church (Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd Galfinaidd), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity based in Wales. The Calvinistic Methodist movement...

Byhalia United Methodist Church is currently led by Rev. Michael-John (M.J.) Pope. He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church. "National...

remain members of the "Order of Elders" while being consecrated to the "Office of the Episcopacy." Within The United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered...

settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church and related denominations, although similar itinerant...