A meeting of the Free Presbyterian Church tonight to elect a moderator to replace the Rev Ian Paisley has been called off because of the weather.
A spokesman for the church said it was expected the election - to have taken place in snow-bound Lisburn - would take place at the monthly meeting in February.
The election was called by the church governing body after
Dr Paisley announced last September that he would not be seeking re-election to the head of the church he has led for 56 years.
He agreed to stand down because of concerns expressed within the church about his dual role as Northern Ireland's First Minister and moderator.
Dr Paisley was first elected moderator in 1951 when he established the church after a falling out with the mainstream Presbyterian Church.
The Free Presbyterian Church has now spread beyond the North to many parts of the world, including the Republic, England, Australia, the United States, Spain and Jamaica.