Sentences with phrase «presbyterian synods»

The Presbyterian Synods in Philadelphia and New York founded the «Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers» in 1759.

The Presbyterian Synods in Philadelphia and New York City created the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers in 1759; Episcopalian priests organized a similar fund in 1769.

In addition to the work carried on by various Presbyterian synods, the General Assembly of 1802 formed a standing committee on missions to handle the home missions problem.

A Tanta hospital operated by the Presbyterian Synod of the Nile opened its doors and received one - third of the medical cases, said Zaki.

In the autumn of 1803 the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky was in session.

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The authors conducted extensive interviews with clergy who have left parish ministry, voluntarily or involuntarily, and with denominational leaders from five church bodies — the Assemblies of God, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Methodist Church.

In the early 1790's the General Association of Connecticut exchanged delegates with the Synod of the Presbyterian Church.

It is true that Presbyterians held a different idea concerning the right of synods or Church assemblies to legislate for local churches and to ordain or examine ministerial candidates.

The Presbyterian Church USA was formed in 1983, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in 1847, and the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845, while the Episcopal Church claims a more venerable, or at least longer, legacy reaching back to Henry VIII's styling himself Supreme Head of the Church in England in 1534.

Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau, a member of the Presbyterian Church of India (Mizo Synod), teaches in the Department of Mission and Ecumenics at the United Theological College, (Bangalore) India.

His article is based on reports from the Episcopal Church Foundation, the Church of the Nazarene, the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Seventh - Day Adventists.

Members of the staff have participated in conferences of educators of the American Baptist Convention, the United Church of Canada, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the Disciples of Christ, the Presbyterian Church, U.S., and the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. With the advice of denominational leaders and others they compiled a list of pastors regarded by their colleagues as «good ministers» and entered into correspondence with a number of them, chosen so as to make the whole group representative of the denominational pattern.

I learned quickly at the Divinity School that full respect was reserved chiefly for the mainline Protestant churches of the old New England kind, including Congregationalists, Anglicans, Unitarians, and Presbyterians, with considerable respect also for the mainstream Lutherans (less so for the Missouri Synod) and some Methodists, but very little for the Baptists and those others from «the left wing of the Reformation.»

They include — in addition to Boe's own denomination — the National Council of Churches, the U.S. Catholic Conference, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, the Lutheran Church in America, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and the Rt..

They elected to break with the Plan of Union, to support only Presbyterian societies for missions and reform, and to cut off four large New School synods that they considered heretical.