Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders...

are four general types of polity: episcopal, connexional, presbyterian, and congregational. Churches having episcopal polity are governed by bishops. The...

practice congregational polity or a form of presbyterian polity. Others, including the Church of Sweden, practice episcopal polity; the Church of Sweden...

theological views within contemporary Presbyterianism. Local congregations of churches which use Presbyterian polity are governed by sessions made up of...

distinguished from episcopal polity which is governance by a hierarchy of bishops, and is also distinct from presbyterian polity in which higher assemblies...

of Scotland embraced Reformed theology and presbyterian polity. The Ulster Scots brought their Presbyterian faith with them to Ireland, where they laid...

The URC is governed by a combined form of congregationalism and presbyterian polity. According to its 2022 Yearbook, the United Reformed Church has approximately...

opponents). In church polity, Puritans were divided between supporters of episcopal, presbyterian, and congregational polities. Some believed a uniform...

Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity. It was established in 2012 by former congregations and members of the Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated...

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening. In 2019, it had 65,087 members and 673 congregations...

Reformed churches also rejected episcopal polity in favor of presbyterian polity. According to presbyterian polity, rather than rule by bishops, congregations...

ruled by elders, being of presbyterian polity (not to be confused with Presbyterianism) or could adhere to episcopal polity (in which a denomination has...

main causes for the formation of the denomination was a desire for presbyterian polity and to allow liberty for local Sessions to practice paedo-communion...

is a body of elected elders governing a particular church within presbyterian polity. These groups of elders make decisions for the local parish through...

of Scotland embraced Reformed theology and presbyterian polity. The Ulster Scots brought their Presbyterian faith with them to Ireland, where they laid...

Canada (a merger of Congregationalist, Presbyterian and Methodist congregations in Canada following presbyterian polity) officiate at same-sex marriages, which...

"Dissenting Protestant Worship House", and adhered to Presbyterian polity at a later date; the Presbyterian Church of St. David is another 1925 "Minority Group"...

to distinguish them from the similarly Calvinistic Presbyterians, whose churches embrace a polity based on the governance of elders; this commitment to...

delegates, certain similarities to presbyterian polity are also visible.[citation needed] The UCC's "Covenantal Polity" is best expressed in Article III...

of Faith, the Presbyterian polity of government by church courts and perhaps a dash of the Covenanting spirit. The continuing Presbyterian Church of Australia...

Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in Australia Presbyterian Church of Tasmania Presbyterian Church of Victoria Presbyterian polity Presbyterian...

whom he gained experience and knowledge of Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity. He created a new order of service, which was eventually adopted...

immigrants repent of their illegal activity. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church has a Presbyterian polity. The offices of the church and corresponding duties...

within the Church of England, Anglican ministers who favoured a Presbyterian polity found themselves in a dilemma. The Act of Uniformity 1662 required...

Scotland embraced Reformed theology and presbyterian polity. Immigrants from Scotland and Ireland brought Presbyterianism to America as early as 1640, and immigration...

general assembly include: General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presbyterian polity General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,...

Netherlands, certain Swiss Cantons and parts of Germany, adopted a presbyterian polity that did away with bishops altogether. Where ancient cathedral buildings...

to: Session (parliamentary procedure) Session (Presbyterian), a governing body in Presbyterian polity Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland...

(Scottish Gaelic: furm an aithreachais, stòl an aithreachais), in the Presbyterian polity, mostly in Scotland, was an elevated seat in a church used for the...

allow LGBT clergy are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Christian...