Synod of the Northeast
Synod of the Northeast is an upper judicatory of the Presbyterian Church (USA) based in East Syracuse, New York. The synod oversees twenty-two presbyteries in six New England states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), two of the three Mid-Atlantic States (New Jersey and New York), plus a non-geographical Korean Presbytery.
History
The Synod of the Northeast was founded in May 1973,[1] when the General Assembly decided to reorganize its synods on a regional basis. The merger included the following state synods:
- The Synod of New Jersey was established in 1824, when the Presbytery of Jersey was divided into the presbyteries of Newark and Elizabeth Town.[2]
- The Synod of New York
- Synod of New England
Presbyteries of the Synod of the Northeast
There are 22 presbyteries in the synod:
- Presbytery of Albany
- Presbytery of Boston
- Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse
- Eastern Korean Presbytery
- Presbytery of Elizabeth
- Presbytery of Genesee Valley
- Presbytery of Geneva
- Presbytery of Hudson River
- Presbytery of Long Island
- Presbytery of Monmouth
- Presbytery of New Brunswick
- Presbytery of New York City
- Presbytery of Newark
- Presbytery of Newton
- Presbytery of Northern New England
- Presbytery of Northern New York
- Presbytery of the Palisades
- Presbytery of Southern New England
- Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley
- Presbytery of Utica
- Presbytery of West Jersey
- Presbytery of Western New York
See also
References
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