Which body elects the Council of Eighteen?

• A. International General Council
• B. General Council
• C. International Executive Committee
• D. Council of Eighteen

Answer: (B)

In church governance, leadership councils are elected by the representative body that oversees the church’s direction. The General Council brings together delegates and pastors from across the church to make major governance decisions and to appoint key leadership groups. Because it represents the wider membership and the assembly’s trust in who should guide the church between meetings, it is the body tasked with electing the Council of Eighteen. The other bodies have different functions: the International Executive Committee handles day-to-day administration and implementation of decisions, while the International General Council is a separate leadership group and does not perform this particular electoral duty. The Council of Eighteen cannot elect itself. So the General Council is the one empowered to elect the Council of Eighteen.