About The Executive Council

Executive Council is the body chiefly responsible for the implementation of policy and program for The Episcopal Church in its national jurisdiction. It is charged to coordinate the Church's work as authorized by the General Convention, which is the Church's highest deliberative and legislative body. Executive Council also acts as the board of directors in matters of administration, finance, and legality for the Church's corporate entity, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society/PECUSA. The duties and authority of the Executive Council are defined by Canon I.4. The Council is made up of 38 persons elected to represent lay and clerical orders, and five ex officio members. Executive Council typically meets three times in the Church year. The Council is comprised of standing committees and other working groups who are responsible for reviewing and formulating the resolutions that come before it.