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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For example, in a republic with a presidential system of government, the presidency represents the executive branch of government, and is personified by a single elected man or woman who holds the office of "president".
		The presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states.
		The presidency of British crown colonies is held by the office of the United Kingdom colonial secretary.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Presidency (304 words)

	Lay presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A form of celebrating the Lord's Supper (sometimes called the Eucharist) whereby the person presiding over the sacrament is not an authorised or ordained minister of religion.
		Most independent Christian churches have a form of lay presidency as part of their communal worship.
		Some mainline evangelical churches, most notably the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, are seriously considering introducing lay presidency because of this problem.
	www.infobadger.com /articles/Lay_presidency (214 words)

	Deciding what Priests are For
		What seems to have happened is the supporters of lay presidency came to the conclusion that they had little hope of winning their case and decided to withdraw before they had a damaging judgement against them.
		Another argument advanced in favour of lay presidency is the claim that the Word and Sacrament are of equal status in the church and that if we allow laypeople to administer one we should also make it possible for them to administer the other.
		Overwork is the cause of clergy stress and lay presidency might alleviate that, but I sense that the major problem for many of them is the lack of a clear sense of their role and a feeling that there is little they can do as priests to help those who come to them in need.
	www.trushare.com /07DEC95/DE95AUST.htm (1013 words)

	Lay presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lay presidency is a form of celebrating the Lord's Supper (sometimes called the Eucharist) whereby the person presiding over the sacrament is not an authorised or ordained minister of religion.
		One area of conflict for Evangelical Christians in mainline churches is that, while the sacrament is a "symbolic preaching of the gospel", only authorized and ordained ministers may preside, whereas non-ordained people are not allowed to do this, despite the fact that they are allowed in some cases to preach the gospel.
		Evangelical elements in some mainline churches, for example the Diocese of Sydney within the Anglican Church of Australia, are seriously considering introducing lay presidency because of this problem.
	en.askmore.net /Lay_presidency.htm (242 words)

	CCLEC Publications -- Episcopal Tracts For Our Times: No. 24 -- The Apostasy of Lay Presidency
		The advocates of lay presidency say that since we are all members of the priesthood of all believers, no further authority is needed for lay people to perform the sacraments.
		Lay priesthood and ministerial priesthood differ from one another in essence as well as in degree, but they are nonetheless interrelated.
		The lay presidency is an apostasy of the faith.
	www.episcopalian.org /cclec/tract-24.htm (1012 words)

	Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Where opposition to lay presidency was expressed, it was in terms of the general argument propounded by Calvin, which was based on the concept of those "called and authorised" to each and administer the sacraments.
		Therefore to allow lay presidency only "where the regular ministry in the local congregation of an episcopally ordained priest is not available" (as envisaged in the 1986 report) is unacceptable, unless we are going to insist on the same principle for lay preaching, and for lay presiding at Morning and Evening Prayer.
		Lay preaching and lay presidency for women may not be appropriate in all circumstances, but would be appropriate in many contexts.
	old.anglicanmedia.com.au /old/doc/lay_1993.html (3616 words)

	Other Reports - Lay Presidency at the Holy Communion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia ("the 1961 Constitution") is a Schedule to the latter Act and it is in Section 3 and 4 of the 1961 Constitution that the germs of legal objections to the introduction of lay presidency potentially arise.
		The only possible objections to lay presidency at the Holy Communion on legal grounds appear to be (a) Section 3, (b) Section 4 and (c) Section 71(2) of the 1961 Constitution; or (d) the Law of Charitable Trusts.
		Accordingly, a majority of the members of this Committee are of the view that there is no legal impediment to lay presidency as contemplated, and that the view of the 1985 committee and the majority of the 1986 Committee is correct in law.
	www.sydney.anglican.asn.au /synod/Reports/1987laypresidency.htm (2843 words)

	Lay presidency at the Lord's Table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lay readers have been with us for 125 years, and nowadays we have numerous lesson readers, leaders of intercessions, and even lay people ministering the wine (and in some dioceses the bread).
		To allow lay people, and particularly lay readers, to preside at the Lord's Supper, especially in the absence of a priest, would not be a matter of undermining the ordained ministry.
		With no women readers the question of their presidency would not affect me. But for the sake of peace in the church, and respecting the views of those who differ on women readers, I would say that if a church and its leaders accept women preachers those women should be allowed to preside.
	www.reform.org.uk /bb/lay.html (4598 words)

	ELCA News - ELCA Bishops Speak on Iraq, to Study Lay Presidency
		The ELCA Conference of Bishops is an advisory body to the church, consisting of the church's 65 synod bishops, ELCA presiding bishop and ELCA secretary.
		The study process is a follow-up to the bishops' October 2002 meeting, at which they expressed a variety of concerns about lay presidency and the need for lay presidency standards in the ELCA.
		"Lay ministry is one of the major concerns and opportunities for the ELCA," said the Rev. Donald J. McCoid, bishop of the ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, Pittsburgh, and chair of the Conference of Bishops.
	www.stlconline.org /elcanews/200303/2003031401.html (666 words)

	sydneyanglicans.net - Is Lay Presidency necessary? (full)
		I understand that the question of “licensing lay persons for the ministry of Word and Sacrament” in the sense under debate was raised positively in Sydney in the early seventies, but by 1983 the Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission had issued a report highly favourable toward lay presidency.
		So this is not lay ministry at all; this is the creation or solidification of a local system, not of lay persons but of elders, exercising political and pastoral power along with ministries of word and sacrament.
		The idea of lay persons taking significant part in ministries of preaching or numerous other functions pertaining to the “word” was not envisaged at that point, any more than was lay presidency at the Eucharist.
	www.sydneyanglicans.net /mindful/is_lay_presidency_necessary_full (2619 words)

	Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the context of this paper the terms presidency and preside are used to refer to the function of conducting a service of Holy Communion where the bread and wine have not been "consecrated" prior to the service itself.
		The case for lay presidency might give the appearance of allowing the traditional ordering of ministry in the Anglican Church to be overturned in that it would permit congregational representatives who would not be "called, tried, examined and sent" to be presiding at the Lord's Supper.
		Diaconal presidency can also be seen as an outworking of the ministry of assistance to the priest, or in the priest's absence the bishop, which is fundamental to the diaconal role.
	old.anglicanmedia.com.au /old/doc/diaconal_1993.html (4333 words)

	EIR
		The discussion was prompted by resolutions from the church's Southwestern Synod and Allegheny Synod, asking the church for guidance on 'lay presidency,' allowing laity to preside at Holy Communion, especially in light of growing needs for alternative leadership in worship.
		There are 575 synodically authorized lay ministers in addition to the church's 17,425 active and retired pastors, according to ELCA Secretary Lowell Almen.
		The office of ministry is given to the church, not to an individual.' He said that the church needs flexible guidelines for authorized lay ministers that uphold the policies of the church.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /6947_20152_ENG_HTM.htm (375 words)

	Lay Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		t is no surprise that vigorous support for lay ministry and a low view of ordination goes hand-in-hand with a congregational polity, and a high view with an episcopal polity.
		ay celebration of the Holy Supper is the most troublesome instance of lay presidency, because it is around the Holy Supper that the Church becomes visible and the Body of Christ is corporately manifested.
		Even approval of lay presidency by a single bishop is insufficient in my view because the Church is larger than a single synod.
	www.orthodoxlutheran.fws1.com /church/laypres.html (715 words)

	WordAlone - Do ELCA leaders stand by their votes? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Tucson resolution, especially the language about lay presidency, violated what they understood to be the essence of the agreement: The ELCA in adopting the full communion agreement was adopting ECUSA theology and practice of ministry.
		We have heard that the practice of lay presidency has been limited by ELCA bishops afraid to offend their Episcopalian colleagues.
		Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson expresses his unease and fear about the divisions in the church in his latest column in “The Lutheran.” Hanson seems to be almost paralyzed by what he senses is coming.
	www.wordalone.org /docs/wa-standby-votes.htm (939 words)

	Anglican Journal: Lay presidency issue heats up
		The Diocese of Sydney, Australia's largest, is expected to vote in favour of lay presidency at its October synod, setting up one of the main criteria for the successor to Archbishop Harry Goodhew when he steps down in March of 2001.
		It was widely expected that the seven-member tribunal would find lay presidency in conflict with the Fundamental Declarations and Ruling Principles of the church's constitution, which tie the church to the doctrine and principles of the Church of England.
		He also agreed that the theology behind lay presidency is open to criticism that, while it seeks to unify the ministry of word and sacrament, it divorces the pastoral role, making that the primary distinction between a priest and a layperson licensed to preside at the eucharist.
	www.anglicanjournal.com /opinion/news/article/lay-presidency-issue-heats-up (773 words)

	Anglican 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the debates in Anglican circles at the moment is the issue of Lay Presidency.
		The issue concerns whether only the ordained minister should "preside" at the Lord's Supper or whether church law should be changed to allow lay members of the congregation to preside.
		The drive in favour of Lay Presidency is coming from the Evangelical wing in the Anglican church.
	www.lectionarystudies.com /parish/anglican11.html (515 words)

	wfn.org \| ELCA Bishops Address Advertising, Discuss Lay Presidency Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ELCA NEWS SERVICE October 15, 2003 ELCA Bishops Address Advertising, Discuss Lay Presidency Issues 03-187-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) adopted a policy to permit, under certain circumstances, advertising for pastoral vacancies by congregations in The Lutheran, the magazine of the ELCA.
		On other matters, the conference and four theologians of the church discussed the subject of lay presidency, referring to the role of lay people in worship practices such as presiding at Holy Communion or other leadership roles in the church.
		The bishops are studying the ordained and authorized lay ministry in the ELCA.
	www.wfn.org /2003/10/msg00167.html (364 words)

	EUCHARISTIC PRESIDENCY
		It describes lay presidency (usefully, I think) as "the overseeing of the entire eucharistic celebration by any person who is not an episcopally ordained priest" (p.3).
		In chapter 5 various arguments for lay presidency are considered, and it is indicated why the position set out by the report does not allow for support for such presidency.
		What none of this tells me is whether the House of Bishops considers that allowing lay presidency would be within the competence of the Church of England (and, interestingly, this is not raised on pp.7ff., where it might have been expected).
	www.trushare.com /28SEP97/SE97SHEE.htm (1274 words)

	Lay presidency by Presbyteral delegation Anglican Theological Review - Find Articles
		The worldwide debate about lay presidency took a new turn recently when the Appellate Tribunal (the highest legal/constitutional interpretive authority in the Anglican Church of Australia) published its 4-3 Opinion that the Australian Church was legislatively competent to authorise lay or diaconal eucharistic presidency.
		I believe the most that can be retrieved from the delegation argument is that short-term delegation of eucharistic presidency to a lay person may conceivably be theologically and pastorally responsible, under some circumstances.
		This situation is comparable to the president of an association delegating presidency of the meeting to another because of foreseeable absence.
	www.24hourscholar.com /p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_199907/ai_n8861294 (932 words)

	Presidency at the Sacraments
		The objection is raised that if lay presidency became common, it would diminish the significance of ordination and ministry.
		Lay preachers with a roving commission came to the force in the wake of the Evangelical Revival.
		It is obvious that for anyone to be authorised to preside at baptism, that person must be competent to undertake the necessary pastoral work with the candidate or the parents, in some cases both, should the believer be of tender years.
	www.urc.org.uk /manual/presidency_at_the_sacraments.htm (3265 words)

	Break (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The bill, introduced by the Revd Dr John Woodhouse, rector of Christ Church, St Ives, would allow suitably trained lay people to be granted permission by the Archbishop and their parishes to preside at Holy Communion for an experimental period of five years.
		However this has been strongly disputed by Sydney's Canon Bruce Ballantine-Jones who as President of the evangelically-oriented Anglican Church League is one of the movers behind putting lay presidency to the vote.
		No matter what the outcome of Abp Goodhew's deliberations, lay presidency was "inevitable" in Sydney, and "highly likely" in the diocese of Armidale, which supported the concept when it came up for debate at the last General Synod, Canon Ballantine-Jones said.
	www.media.anglican.com.au /tma/1999/1999_11/break.html (682 words)

	News 1
		Dr Carey is known to oppose lay presidency: in a Synod debate in 1994 he called it “a contradiction in terms to the received doctrine of ministry in our Church”.
		And he was “mindful” that “the practice of diaconal and lay presidency could open parishes to actions against them in the courts”.
		Synod passed an amendment moved by the Revd Paul Cohen of Malabar, requiring that candidates for lay presidency be approved at parish vestry meetings, so that all churchgoers could vote on the matter in their own parishes.
	copies.anglicansonline.org /churchtimes/991022/news1.htm (515 words)

	American Anglican Council :: BlogSite: All Souls Appoints a Reform Leader as Rector
		I agree with you at the moment that lay presidency at the Lord's Supper should not be allowed, but I have not done any research on this interesting proposal.
		Lay Presidency at the Sacrament of Holy Communion is outside of Catholic Tradition.
		Lay Presidency is in keeping with the view of John Calvin and those Protestants who are aligned with John Calvin that the communion service is just a memory or memorial of what Christ did at the Last Supper and on the Cross.
	aacblog.classicalanglican.net /archives/000324.html (766 words)

	The Company Presidency
		In 1992, Lay was named co-chairman of the Bush reelection campaign and chairman of the host committee of the Republican National Convention in Houston.
		Lay also chairs the governor's Business Council, and press reports have Lay writing regularly to Bush, seeking favors, recommending appointments and asking the governor to receive visiting dignitaries from places where Enron hoped to do business.
		Cheney, who refuses to say what he and Lay discussed in their private meetings, and the General Accounting Office, an investigating arm of Congress, is suing the vice president to obtain that information.
	www.commondreams.org /views02/0210-04.htm (1577 words)

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