church elders
Congregation's guiding council
Church elders are senior members of a congregation who hold leadership or governance roles.
In Protestant churches, elders typically form a council that oversees church affairs, disciplines members, and guides spiritual matters.
The position may be elected or appointed, and the term can refer to ordained clergy or lay leaders depending on denomination.
The church elders met to discuss the new pastor's candidacy.
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- presbyterOrdained church elder
- ordainingFormally investing with ministry
- laying on of handsRitual healing through touch
bishop · teaching · governing · spiritual authority · overseer · accountability · counseling · home visit · interceding · prayer meeting · fellowship · discipleship · deacon · session · mentoring · stewardship · Titus · minister
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- church educationSunday school teachers, Sunday schools, religious instruction, Bible stories, confirmation class
- Evangelicalismevangelicalism, born again, born-again, evangelists, evangelist
- evangelistsevangelist, evangelists, missionary, revivalist, revivalists
- CalvinismCalvinism, TULIP, predestination, total depravity, John Calvin
church eldersclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
ordained ministers · priests · pastors · laity · non-members
church eldersyouth
State of being immature
young people · youth group · children · teenagers · novices
church elderscongregation
Assembled group of worshippers
laity · flock · parishioners · bishops · rank and file
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