representative church council
C53601
concept
A representative church council is a governing body composed of elected or appointed delegates from various congregations or church units that meets to deliberate, decide, and provide guidance on matters of doctrine, policy, and administration for the wider church.
Observed surface forms (4)
- council of the Presbyterian Church (USA) ×4
- Protestant church council ×1
- kirchliches Parlament ×1
- representative church body ×1
Instances (5)
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councils of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
via concept surface "council of the Presbyterian Church (USA)"
surface form: sessions
- Deanery Synod
- Evangelical Supreme Church Council via concept surface "Protestant church council"
- diocesan council of Roskilde via concept surface "representative church body"
- Landessynode der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg via concept surface "kirchliches Parlament"