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  2. Synod of the Sun - Wikipedia

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    The Synod of the Sun is a higher governing body of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. It has 11 Presbyteries, [1] 687 congregations and 86,580 members (2022). [2] The Synod is headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Irving, Texas.

  3. List of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) synods and presbyteries

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    A synod is a regional governing body that is made up of presbyteries. Synods are classified as either programmatic or reduced-function. Synods are classified as either programmatic or reduced-function.

  4. List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North ...

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    Evangelical Synod of North America 1872: Reformed Church in the United States 1725 (Eureka Synod excepted from merger) Congregational Christian Churches 1931: Evangelical and Reformed Church 1934: Conservative Congregational Christian Conference 1948: National Association of Congregational Christian Churches 1955: United Church of Christ 1957

  5. Presbyterian Church (USA) - Wikipedia

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    Presbyteries are organized within a geographical region to form a synod. Each synod contains at least three presbyteries, and its elected voting membership is to include both elders and Ministers of Word and Sacrament in equal numbers. Synods have various duties depending on the needs of the presbyteries they serve.

  6. Presbyterian Church in the United States of America - Wikipedia

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    Three or more presbyteries formed a synod, which met annually and whose members consisted of ministers and ruling elders representing the presbyteries. Synods functioned as courts of appeal from the presbyteries. They also had the responsibility to ensure the presbyteries and sessions below them adhered to the church's constitution. [108]

  7. Presbyterian Church in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On August 15, a convention in Atlanta, Georgia, representing 17 presbyteries, encouraged all presbyteries who had not done so to renounce the General Assembly's jurisdiction. It also recommended that the constitution of the church remain unchanged, with the exception of replacing the phrase "Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ...

  8. Presbyterianism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The New Side was initially organized as the Conjunct Presbyteries of New Brunswick and Londonderry. In 1745, the Presbytery of New York, led by moderate revivalist Jonathan Dickinson, left the Philadelphia Synod and joined the Conjunct Presbyteries to form the New Side Synod of New York. The new Synod required subscription to the Westminster ...

  9. Presbyterian polity - Wikipedia

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    Often all members of the constituent presbyteries are members of the synod. Like the commissioners to presbyteries, the commissioners to synods do not act on instruction from their congregations or presbyteries, but exercise their own judgement. A synod also has a moderator and clerk, and generally meet less often than the presbytery.