The repeating pattern of governance – i.e., in which any jurisdiction is described as having Councils who, when their numbers exceed 12, elect Executive Teams who in turn elect their own Presiding Member – is a pattern that anticipates growth, if and when it happens in a jurisdiction. It is understood that in the initial stages of founding a jurisdiction that a single Presbyter may be the first and only member. Thus by default this also makes him initially responsible for any of the functions that will later be handled by a fully developed Presbyter Council, Deacon Council and Missional Council.
Also see Deacon Councils, Missional Councils, and Presbyter Councils.