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 that 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...

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

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

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

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

Churches of New Zealand) List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in Australia Presbyterian polity Reformed Presbyterian churches RPCA Congregations...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

churches and our future relationship List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in Australia Presbyterian polity Robert Humphreys and Rowland Ward, Religious...

College. List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in Australia Presbyterian polity "Local Churches". "Who Are We?". Presbyterian Reformed Church...

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

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

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

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

is the church's only rule of faith and practice. The CGGC has a presbyterian polity. The church is divided into regional conferences, with headquarters...

document of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), abbreviated as PC(USA). It is divided into four parts: The Foundations of Presbyterian Polity, Form of Government...

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

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

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,...

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