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Government is more congregational and less connectional than generally practiced by Methodists.

Despite the historically connectional structure of Presbyterianism, this issue is, surprisingly, relatively new.

They held to a more connectional form of government, and believed the annual conference could settle disputes in and discipline a local church.

It was officially adopted by the General Conference in 1974 as the denomination's connectional marker.

The Jugglers could rewire that network, but not without destroying prior connectional pathways.

American Methodist churches are generally organized on a connectional model, related but not identical to that used in Britain.

Methodists often use the term 'connectionalism' or 'connectional polity' in addition to "episcopal".

As a connectional body, the United Methodist Church uses related agencies to perform church functions.

He also has served internationally as worship leader for the connectional youth department of the AME church.

Pickens' extensive ecumenical and connectional involvement has included:

Connectional and ecumenical church experiences:

Much of what is currently known about connectional neuroanatomy was discovered through the use of the anterograde and retrograde tracing techniques.

Perhaps all beta-levels are capable of this, or perhaps my sheer connectional complexity ensured that I exceeded some state of critical mass.

The regions described as amygdala nuclei encompass several structures with distinct connectional and functional characteristics in humans and other animals.

This connectional organizational model differs further from the congregational model, for example of Baptist, and Congregationalist Churches, among others.

Currently he is continuing his research studies on comparative brain architectonics in the monkey and humans, as well as connectional studies in the monkey.

Microgyric anomalies are also associated with connectional alterations [ 10 11 12 ] , affecting both thalamic and cortico-cortical connectivity.

Contributions to the local church not only benefit the local congregation, but also have regional, national, and international impact through The United Methodist Church's connectional giving system.

The largest and the oldest district of the connectional body is the Southern District Convocation (Goldsboro, NC).

At the 1914 meeting of the General Conference, SMU was designated the connectional institution for all Conferences west of the Mississippi River.

In many ways, the United Methodist Church operates in a connectional organization of the Annual Conferences, and actions taken by one conference are not binding upon another.

Methodist bishops are referred to as Bishop, not Reverend Bishop, Your Grace or other forms of address used in other episcopal (bishop-led, connectional) churches.

The 16:37 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort Mondays to Fridays journey offers connectional opportunities into ships to Wales and France.

However, in May 2000 in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, the Southern District Convocation was gloriously reunited with the connectional body at the Quadrennial Session.

In the early years of the 19th century, the church carried on revivals and organized congregations, presbyteries, and synods wherever pastors and lay people went, emphasizing the connectional nature of the church.