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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."
As early as 1933 he saw the need for a church in this area and established the George Foundation for that purpose. The congregation was organized by the Presbytery of Detroit in 1947, and the first services were held that year in Cedarholm Chapel. The cornerstone for the church was laid in 1951, the same year Colonel George died.
The Flint River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States. The river's headwaters are in Columbiaville in Lapeer County and flows through the counties of Lapeer , Genesee , and Saginaw .
Local churches were further organized into geographically defined presbyteries. A presbytery was a convention of all ministers within its jurisdiction and one ruling elder chosen by each session. Collegiate churches were entitled to be represented by two or more ruling elders in proportion to the number of its pastors. Presbyteries were ...
Flint lies in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan. Flint and Genesee County can be categorized as a subregion of Flint/Tri-Cities. It is located along the Flint River, which flows through Lapeer, Genesee, and Saginaw counties and is 78.3 mi (126.0 km) long. [67]
The Synod of Lakes and Prairies is a regional governing body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (or PC(USA)).It consists of presbyteries located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and one non-geographic presbytery. [2]
The Presbytery of Detroit is one of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Presbyteries within the Synod of the Covenant. It consists of 72 congregations in Southeast Michigan . [ 1 ]
In 1994, the Western California Presbytery was separated from the Korean-American Presbytery, and in the same year, the Brazil Presbytery joined the denomination. In 1996, the Hawaii Presbytery and the Eastern Canada Presbytery joined the denomination, and in the same year, the New England Presbytery was separated from the New York East Presbytery.