A Council is a governing body that may take the form of a Presbyter Council, Deacon Council or a Missional Council. When a Council’s numbers exceed 12 members, the Council elects an Executive Team that in turn elects their own Presiding Member. With Presbyter Councils alone the Presiding Member may also be called the Head or Head member. In the early stages of founding a new jurisdiction (which might in some cases go on for years), there could, for example, be only one Presbyter to start with. In such a case, this one Presbyter is the “mustard seed” out of which a fully developed Presbyter Council, Deacon Council and Missional Council must emerge.
Also see Deacon Council, Executive Team, Head, Missional Council, Presiding Member, and Presbyter Council.