Organizing to be mission focused and permission giving Christians are good at meetings. We meet together often. We talk church well. At times, we even mistake maintenance of the church for ministry.
Biblical evidence paints a different picture.
It doesn't say much at all about what the congregational council is supposed to do. About three years, ago, our congregation decided to stop holding meetings and start doing ministry. We began a journey to become mission focused and permission giving. Many congregations already have a mission statement. Our was somewhere is the constitution.