Administrative Council 

The Church Council is the administrative agency of the charge conference to envision, plan, implement, and annually evaluate the ministry of the congregation. Members of the church council shall be involved in the mission and ministry of the church: nurture, outreach, and witness. All persons with vote shall be members of the local church (BOD , ¶244.3) The charge conference will determine the size of the church council. The membership of the council may consist of as few as eleven persons or as many as the charge conference deems appropriate. The council shall include persons who represent the program ministries of the church.  (The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2012, ¶252) The chair of this group is elected annually by the charge conference (¶251.3).