Presbyteries

A presbytery consisting of ministers and elder delegates represents each congregation in a certain geographic region. The presbytery’s duties include:

• Receiving and ruling on all appeals and complaints brought before it from sessions;

• Overseeing the spiritual welfare of the local churches in the region;

• Providing accountability for ministers and local churches;

• Examining, ordaining, installing, and judging ministers and missionaries;

• Ministering together in mutual projects across the region, such as church planting efforts, camps, seminars, evangelistic efforts, and so on.