In July 1838, Smith wrote an article for the church periodical Elders ' Journal, in the form of questions and answers, that stated the following:

However, on May 2, 1838, a few months before Smith's statement in Elders ' Journal, Smith began dictating a church history that included a detailed account of his visits from the angel.

It was the successor to the Elders ' Journal and was the last newspaper published by the Church in the United States before the schisms that occurred after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr.

As Mormons fled Missouri as a result of the 1838 Mormon War, the press and type for the Elders ' Journal was buried in Far West.

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It was the successor to The Evening and Morning Star and the predecessor to the Elders ' Journal.

In October 1837 the newspaper was succeeded by the Elders ' Journal.

Also, in August 2005, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Dublin-based European Council for Fatwa and Research, of which al-Qaradhawi is president, had used the anti-semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion in its theological deliberations.

According to an article in the Elders ' Journal – a Latter Day Saint newspaper published in Far West – " The Saints here are at perfect peace with all the surrounding inhabitants, and persecution is not so much as once named among them ..."

Also, in August 2005, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Council had used the infamous anti-Semitic forgery known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in its theological deliberations.

First issue of the Elders ’ Journal.

The Elders ' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( usually shortened to Elders ' Journal ) was an early Latter Day Saint periodical edited by Don Carlos Smith, younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr ..

Two issues of the Elders ' Journal were published in Kirtland, Ohio in 1837.

Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon relocated to a new headquarters in Far West and continued to publish the Elders ' Journal until the events of the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri prevented further operations in the state.

The press of the Elders ' Journal in Far West, was used by the LDS Church to publish Sidney Rigdon's July 4th Oration, which was one of the factors that increased tensions between Latter Day Saints and non-Mormons in northwestern Missouri.

The Elders ' Journal contains a number of letters from church leaders, minutes from church conferences as well as notices of marriages and obituaries.

First issue of the new Elders ’ Journal.

Last issue of Liahona The Elders ’ Journal.

In 1903, under the direction of Ben E. Rich, the LDS Church's Southern States Mission began publishing a monthly periodical called Elders ' Journal in honor of the 1837-1838 periodical of the same name.

In June 1907, the Elders ' Journal was merged with The Liahona, a weekly publication created in April 1907 for use in all missions of the LDS Church in the United States.

The combined publication was named Liahona The Elders ’ Journal and printed in Independence, Missouri.

The new publication retained the format of the Elders ' Journal rather than The Liahona and remained semi-monthly.

In the final issue of Liahona The Elders ’ Journal, published February 27, 1945, the editors recommended readers subscribe to one of two LDS Church periodicals ; the weekly Church News, or the monthly magazine The Improvement Era.

BHP Billiton sold Southern Cross Fertilisers to Incitec Pivot Limited in May 2006 and Hi Fert to a joint venture of Elders and AWB on 5 December 2005.

In Southern Chinese folklore, the Five Elders of Shaolin () are survivors of the destruction Shaolin Monastery by LianZong Wang Qing Dynasty, variously said to have taken place in 1647, in 1674 or in 1732.

* 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States

The foreword was written by former United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who resigned after suggesting that masturbation be promoted as a means of preventing young people from engaging in riskier forms of sexual activity.

Once the fastest-growing Christian movement in the United States, membership growth slowed during 2001, after McKean resigned and the Kingdom Elders & Teachers took over.

The Center for Elders and the Courts serves as a national resource center dedicated to serving courts throughout the United States on issues related to aging, probate, and elder abuse.

The Center for Elders and the Courts provides information on current legislation on elder abuse in each state throughout the United States.

On December 7, 2005, based on the findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, which projects that Inuit hunting culture may not survive the loss of sea ice and other changes projected over the coming decades, she filed a petition, along with 62 Inuit Hunters and Elders from communities across Canada and Alaska, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases from the United States have violated Inuit cultural and environmental human rights as guaranteed by the 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man.

In the United Methodist Church bishops remain members of the " Order of Elders " while being consecrated to the " Office of the Episcopacy ".

Bishops, Councils, Committees, Boards, Elders, etc., are not permitted to speak on behalf of The United Methodist Church as this authority is reserved solely for the General Conference in accordance with the Book of Discipline.

Elders in the United Methodist Church ( UMC ) itenerate and are subject to the authority and appointment of their bishops.

: In every Church completely organized, that is, furnished with all the officers which Christ has instituted and which are necessary for carrying into full effect the laws of his kingdom, there ought to be three classes of officers, viz: at least one Teaching Elder, Bishop, or Pastor — a bench of Ruling Elders — and Deacons.

There is also an Elders ' Meeting ( similar to the presbyterian Kirk Session in the Church of Scotland ) which advises the Church Meeting and shares with the minister the spiritual and pastoral oversight of the church.

The Elders ' Council met and organized the first Missions board of the Church of God in Christ.

The committee proposed to delete the " Lectures on Faith " on the grounds that they were " lessons prepared for use in the School of the Elders, conducted in Kirtland, Ohio, during the winter of 1834-35 ; but they were never presented to nor accepted by the Church as being otherwise than theological lectures or lessons.

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Bishops ' Council, General Board of Bishops, Board of Elders ( district and general church levels ), District Board of Presbytery, District Presidents, District Elders, District & General Departments of Evangelism & Extension, Missions, Ushers, Music, YPHA ( Young Peoples ' Holy Association ), BCS ( Bible Church School ), Publications, and the Holiness Union.

Category: Elders of the Church of Scotland

Category: Elders of the Church of Scotland

* United Church of God Council of Elders, the governing body of the United Church of God

Category: Elders of the Church of Scotland

He was a leader of New England Congregationalism, whose policy he defended and described in the tract Church Government and Church Covenant Discussed, in an Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches of New England to Two and Thirty Questions ( written 1639 ; printed 1643 ), an answer for the ministers of the colony to 32 questions relating to church government that were propounded by the general court in 1639.

Elders and ministers of Presbyterian churches gather in assembly halls for their general assembly, such as in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland.

Use of the third floor alternated use between general academic classes during the day, Church quorum meetings in the evenings, the Kirtland Theological Institution, the School of the Elders ( possibly an enlargement of the school of the prophets, and may have been destined to become the school of mine apostles ), Church offices, including that of Smith, were also located on the third floor.

In 1866, he led a party of pioneers that included his wife, ( 1864 ) Mary MacBeth, the daughter of one of the Kildonan Church Elders and member of the Council of Assiniboia, to the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan area.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, male members who are at least 18 years old may be ordained to be Elders.