Synod of the Northeast

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Synod of the Northeast is an upper judicatory of the Presbyterian Church (USA) based in Stony Point, 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 an overseas presbytery in the Republic of Korea.

Contents 1 History 2 Presbyteries of the Synod of the Northeast 3 See also 4 References

[edit] 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

[edit] Presbyteries of the Synod of the Northeast

There are 22 presbyteries in the synod:

• Albany
• Boston
• Cayuga-Syracuse
• Eastern Korean
• Elizabeth
• Genesee Valley
• Geneva
• Hudson River
• Long Island
• Monmouth
• New Brunswick
• New York City
• Newark
• Newton
• Northern New England
• Northern New York
• The Palisades
• Southern New England
• Susquehanna Valley
• Utica
• West Jersey
• Western New York

[edit] See also

• Synod website
• Map of synod

[edit] References