Worldwide Church of God Administrative Designations Worldwide Church of God Administrative Designations T he Advisory Council of Elders approved the following document May 21. Advisory Council of Elders members are Greg Albrecht, Dean Blackwell, Carn Catherwood, J. Michael Feazell. Herman Hoeh, Ron Kelly, Richard Rice, Bernie Schnippert, Norman Smith and Joseph Tkach. All ordained ministers hold the ecclesiastical rank of elder.
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Specific titles are consistent with each person's responsibilities, such as operation director, manager, supervisor. All ordained ministers hold the ecclesiastical rank of elder. Elder status may be conferred only by denominational authority and through sanctioned ecclesiastical ordination. Only elders may perform certain sacerdotal functions of the church, including baptisms, ordinations, weddings, funerals and anointing with oil. The sacerdotal function of baptism may also be performed by lay members, but only under the ecclesiastical authorization of a senior pastor.