[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] "elder"

[Jerry Frank]

Carol,

Actually, in 19th century Europe (and still in some regions today), Evangelisch = Lutheran.  The term "elder" is used in the Lutheran Church I attend for a particular category of church leader so it is not exclusive to one denomination or another.  But even that probably has different context than a 19th century German language church, whether in a formal building or home based.  It may even have different context than Ingrid's use of the term.


Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Duff <cmduff at redwing.net>
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009 11:58 am
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] "elder"
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> Ingrid
>     Elder is a term used in the Evangelisch 
> church It is similar to 
> Methodist and Presbyterian in this country. I am an "elder" in 
> the 
> Presbyterian church here. Often Evangelisch and Lutherans used 
> the same 
> church building in some locations.Carol
> 
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