They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.