Because New City Church is a new church we do not have a full Council of Elders serving the church. The biblical norm for churches is to be governed by a plurality of elders, though the pattern seems to recognize that new churches are not for a time (see Paul’s instruction to Titus to appoint elders; Titus 1:5). In early 2012 New City Church plans to affirm its first Council of Elders. Until then, New City is led by a single elder, who is supported by an Interim Board made up of two elders, a deacon, and a former pastor from Calvary Church, along with an elder candidate from New City Church. Over the winter months New City will make the transition from an Interim Board to its own Council of Elders.