Acts 15:6
Now the apostles and elders met to consider this matter.
Acts 15:25
we have passed a unanimous resolution to select and send messengers to you with our beloved brothers Barnabas and Paul,
Matthew 18:20
For wherever two or three have met as my disciples, I am right there with them."
Acts 6:2
So the Twelve called together the whole body of the disciples, and said, "It is not desirable that we should leave off preaching the word of God to wait on tables.
Acts 15:4
When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported what God had done through them as instruments.
Acts 21:18
On the next day we went with Paul to see James, and all the elders of the church came too.
Hebrews 13:7
You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:17
Continue to obey and to be submissive to your leaders, for they are ever watching in defense of your souls, as men who will have to give account of their trust. Treat them in this way, so that they may work with joy and not with grief.