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A presbytery is a regional governing body or lower judicatories that is made up of local churches. In official communications, many of these presbyteries use "Presbytery of" in front of their names, for example, "Presbytery of The James."
The Flint River, 65.7 mi (105.7 km) long [3] and draining an area of 568 sq mi (1,470 km 2), is a tributary to the Tennessee River. The river rises in Lincoln County, Tennessee , and flows south into Madison County, Alabama , where most of the river's watershed (342 sq. mi.) is located.
The church was formed after African-American delegates to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church's May 1869 General Assembly asked for assistance in organizing a separate body for African Americans, allowing them to become more independent and self-reliant, develop their own clergy and other leaders, and maintain their own church buildings, all with financial support from the parent denomination.
Heresy trials of prominent New School leaders further deepened the division within the denomination. Both the Presbytery and Synod of Philadelphia found Albert Barnes, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, guilty of heresy. Old School Presbyterians, however, were outraged when the New School dominated General Assembly of 1831 ...
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Sima Gutierrez collects water samples from residents' homes and takes them to the Flint Community Water Lab, where more than 60 high school and college interns have provided free testing for ...
The second Baptist church was founded on June 3, 1809, [4] originally named West Fork of Flint River Church, although renamed to Enon Baptist Church shortly thereafter. [6] (In 1861 the Enon church moved to Huntsville, and was renamed the First Baptist Church of Huntsville in 1895. [6]) John Canterbery was the church's first pastor, called on ...
The Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley is an administrative district of the Presbyterian Church (USA) which comprises some 64 churches (2022) in central Alabama. [1] The Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley is one of three presbyteries located in Alabama, and one of twelve comprising the "Synod of Living Waters" in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.