Synod of the Northeast facts for kids

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, 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.
• 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[1]
• Presbytery of Boston[2]
• Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse[3]
• Eastern Korean American Presbytery
• Presbytery of Elizabeth[4]
• Presbytery of Genesee Valley[5]
• Presbytery of Geneva[6]
• Presbytery of Hudson River[7]
• Presbytery of Long Island[8]
• Presbytery of Monmouth[9]
• Presbytery of New Brunswick[10]
• Presbytery of New York City[11]
• Presbytery of Newark[12]
• Presbytery of Newton[13]
• Presbytery of Northern New England[14]
• Presbytery of Northern New York[15]
• Presbytery of the Palisades[16]
• Presbytery of Southern New England[17]
• Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley[18]
• Presbytery of Utica[19]
• Presbytery of West Jersey[20]
• Presbytery of Western New York[21]