General Assembly (religion)

The highest court, in Churches of Presbyterian order. It normally meets annually and comprises equal numbers of ministers and elders, elected by presbyteries in proportion to their size. It is presided over by a moderator, elected annually.

General assembly could be:

The United Nations General Assembly General Assembly (presbyterian church), a supreme governing body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland See also List of Christian denominations#Presbyterian and Reformed Churches The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, representing Unitarian churches in the United Kingdom The General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), representing member congregations in the United States The legislature in some of the United States, or the lower house in some states, including: Arkansas General Assembly Colorado General Assembly Connecticut General Assembly Delaware General Assembly Georgia General Assembly Indiana General Assembly Iowa General Assembly Kentucky General Assembly Maryland General Assembly New Jersey General Assembly North Carolina General Assembly Ohio General Assembly Pennsylvania General Assembly Rhode Island General Assembly South Carolina General Assembly Tennessee General Assembly Vermont General Assembly Virginia General Assembly The legislature in the former British colonies in North America A General Assembly (or meeting) of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, the unicameral provincial legislature The General Assembly of the Parliament of New Zealand, the former name for the combined upper and lower houses of parliament and the Governor-General of New Zealand The landsgemeinde of all citizens used as an institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons The General Assembly of the Organization of American States, an inter-governmental body in the Americas The FIA General Assembly, an international motoring organization Generally, an official session of the members, or representative members, of a union, church, association, or similar organization.