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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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The Synod of Virginia, established in 1788 as one of the original Presbyterian synods, convened in Richmond's Second Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night. It encompasses Presbyterian churches in East and West Virginia and parts of Maryland, with 9 presbyteries, 187 ministers, 16 licentiates, 21 candidates, 250 churches, and 16,486 communicants.
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The Synod of Virginia, which met in the Second Presbyterian church in Richmond on Wednesday night, is one of the oldest Synods on this continent. When, shortly after the independence of the United States, the Presbyterian Church was reorganized, in 1788 (the year of the adoption of the Federal Constitution), the Synod of Virginia and the Carolinas was one of the four Synods into which the Church was divided. The increase of population and the progress of religion compelled the departure of the two Synods of North and South Carolina from the house of their mother. As it has not been subject to political legislation, this Synod at present embraces all the Presbyterian churches in East and West Virginia, and many of those in Maryland. It stretches from the ocean to the Ohio and from North Carolina to Pennsylvania. It numbers 9 Presbyteries, 187 ministers, 16 licentiates and 21 candidates for the ministry. On its roll are the names of 250 churches and of 16,486 communicants.
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Richmond
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Wednesday Night
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The Synod of Virginia met in the Second Presbyterian church in Richmond. It is one of the oldest Synods on this continent, formed in 1788 as the Synod of Virginia and the Carolinas, one of four original Synods. North and South Carolina Synods later separated. It now includes all Presbyterian churches in East and West Virginia and many in Maryland, stretching from the ocean to the Ohio and from North Carolina to Pennsylvania, with 9 Presbyteries, 187 ministers, 16 licentiates, 21 candidates, 250 churches, and 16,486 communicants.