Presbyterian In the Presbyterian system of church governance the synod is a level of administration between the local presbytery and the national general assembly. Some denominations use the synod, such as the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Uniting Church in Australia, and the Presbyterian Church USA. However some other churches do not use the synod at all, and the Church of Scotland dissolved its synods in 1993, see List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is considered a Synod since there is no national church in the United States. (see establishment principle) Reformed In Swiss and southern German Reformed churches, where the Reformed churches are organized as regionally defined independent churches (such as Evangelical Reformed Church of Zurich or Reformed Church of Berne), the synod corresponds to the general assembly of Presbyterian churches. In Reformed churches, the synod can denote a regional meeting of representatives of various classes (regional synod), or the general denominational meeting of representatives from the regional synods (general or national synod). Some churches, especially the smaller denominations, do not have the regional synod tier (for example, the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS)). Historically, these were meetings such as the Synod of Homberg. Church of Christ in Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast majority of Protestant denominations have regrouped under a religious institution named the Church of Christ in Congo or CCC, often referred to – within the Congo – simply as The Protestant Church. In the CCC structure, the national synod is the general assembly of the various churches that constitutes the CCC. From the Synod is drawn an executive committee, and a secretariat. There are also synods of the CCC in every province of the Congo, known appropriately as provincial synods. The CCC regroups 62 Protestant denominations. Historical synods Synods of Antioch, 264–269 Synods of Carthage 251, 255, 256, 348, 411, 418, 419, 424 Synod of Elvira 305 Synod of Ancyra 314 (about bestiality, broken down by age-group) First Synod of Tyre and Jerusalem 335 Synod of Gangra 340 Synod of Hippo 393 Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon 410 Synod of Gondishapur 484 Councils of Toledo, 400–1583 Third Council of Mâcon 585 (Tithing) Synod of Whitby 664 Synod of Soissons 744 Cadaver Synod 897 Synod of Erfurt 932 Synods of Augsburg 952 & 1062 Synod of Ráth Breasail, 1111 Synod of Kells, 1152 Synod of Cashel