church board
Congregation's governing body
A church board is the governing body of a local congregation, typically composed of elected members who oversee finances, property, and administrative decisions.
Depending on the denomination, it may be called a vestry, session, council, or board of elders.
The church board voted to approve the new building expansion.
- eldersSenior community members
- deaconsOrdained ministerial assistants
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- vestryChurch robing chamber
- lay leadersNon-ordained religious organizers
voting members · parish · parish council · council · governance · executive session · ministry · pews · stewardship · budget · annual budget · meeting · vote · members · session · committee · finance · finance committee
- church gatheringsassemblies, conferences, congresses, convocation, conventions
- parish governancevestry, parish council, parish councils, deacons, trustees
- bulletin boardspushpins, thumbtacks, tacks, push pins, corkboards
- notice boardscorkboard, pinboard
- church leaderspastor, rector, vicar, parson, preacher
- church memberscongregant, parishioner, member, active member, founding member
church boardclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
senior pastor · bishop · pastor · minister · ordained ministry
church boardcongregation
Assembled group of worshippers
church membership · laity · parishioners · flock · rank and file
church boardsynod
Church governing assembly
general assembly · diocese · presbytery · Vatican · church hierarchy
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