Sentence examples for ruling elders from inspiring English sources

But Mecca was prosperous, and its ruling elders liked it that way.

Mr. Omunu, an ally of the eghare aja, worries that the women's new assertiveness had weakened the ruling elders' leadership.

Under his leadership, the church perfected its organization as a Presbyterian Church and several ruling elders were elected.

He is also a former ruling elder and deacon of Noroton Presbyterian.

He's a ruling elder of the Church of the Covenant, the Presbyterian Church in Tudor City.

Even as he and his family kept attending a Presbyterian church near their home in suburban Baltimore, he stepped down as a ruling elder and Bible-study instructor.

The ruling elder, Thomas Leverett, was charged with managing the examination.

The ruling party elders, who have historically chosen the country's prime minister, were humiliated last month when Mr. Koizumi, a maverick, won the election, running on a platform of social and economic reforms.

And, like them, he is blunt about whom he holds responsible for past stagnation: hidebound bureaucrats, central bankers, ruling-party elders and other keepers of the status quo.

"This is why Age Cymru feels that introducing a legal obligation to investigate suspected cases of abuse would be a significant step forward in ruling out elder abuse in Wales once and for all".

But three months later, the Taliban overran the town and dismissed the ruling council of elders.