Fonds F1010 - United Church of Canada Brantford Presbytery fonds

Presbyteries in the United Church of Canada are courts of the Church within geographical boundaries made up of a number of Pastoral Charges. Presbytery membership consists of ordained ministers of the Charges within the Presbytery, United Church lay persons, and corresponding members. A grouping of Presbyteries within a larger geographical area makes up a Conference, a higher court of the Church. The functions of the Presbytery include: overseeing Pastoral Charges within its bounds, including the designation of new Charges; receiving and disposing of petitions and appeals from lower governing bodies or courts; transmitting the above to higher bodies or courts; licensing lay persons recommended after examination; overseeing education of students looking forward to ministry and supervision of members of the Order of Ministry within its bounds. Brantford Presbytery was established within the boundaries of Hamilton Conference in 1925 as the Presbytery of Brant. It ceased to exist on 1969 June 30, its charges becoming part of the Erie and Waterloo Presbyteries of Hamilton Conference. The name change from Brant to Brantford is not formally recorded as a decision but first appears in the minutes of Presbytery on 1929 June 18.