The Council of Advice is a canonical committee that advises the Bishop in charge in his carrying out his responsibilities in the Convocation. 

The Convocation's canons call specifically for a “Council of Advice” to be elected at the Convocation's annual Convention. The Council consists of four clergy canonically resident in the Convocation and four laity who are active members of one of the Convocation's parishes or organized missions. Both clergy and laity are elected for a two-year term, or for the remainder of a resigned member's two-year term. Council members are eligible for one re-election. Members must first stand down for at least one year before seeking re-election. At the first meeting of a new Council, the members elect a Council President and the Council’s Recording Secretary. 

The Council of Advice traditionally meets four times a year: winter, spring (early summer), before Convention and immediately after Convention. There may also be telephone conferences in between these face-to-face meetings. The meetings take place at various locations within the Convocation.

Duties include:

1. to advise and support the Bishop on all important matters of policy.
2. to care for the Bishop and hold him accountable for his total health.
3. to prepare the annual budget for the Convocation, and oversee expenditures.
4. to raise funds.
5. to award grants.
6. to be the voice and ears of the Convocation.
7. to represent the Convocation on the parish level.
8. to represent the members of the Convocation in our meetings.
9. to pray for the Convocation.
10. to seek God's will and mission in all we do.

• to give consent to the election and consecration of Episcopal Bishops
• to certify that candidates have met all canonical requirements for ordination to the diaconate and the priesthood.
• to give permission with the Bishop for congregations to take on debt and sell property.
• to approve changes to congregational bylaws and statutes. 

Council of Advice Members        

The Rev. Sunny Hallanan Council President Rector, All Saints' Church Waterloo, Belgium   +32 (0)470 32 90 14 Liaison to: Geneva and Munich		Sonja March Council Recording Secretary Church of St. James the Less Nuremberg, Germany   Liaison to: Waterloo, Rome, and Mühlbach
George Battrick Council Member Church of the Ascension Munich, Germany Liaison to: Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier, and Youth Commission		The Rev. Deacon Richard Cole Council Member and Secretary of Convention Deacon, Emmanuel Church Geneva, Switzerland   Liaison to: Florence, Milan, and Paris
The Rev. Christopher Easthill Council Member Rector, St. Augustine of Canterbury Wiesbaden, Germany   Liaison to: Frankfurt, Romania, and EICS		Mary Faigle Council Member Grace Church Montpellier, France Liaison to: Charleroi, Finance, and COMB
Anne Swardson Council Member American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Paris, France   Liaison to: Nuremberg, Karlsruhe, and the Committee on Mission Congregations		The Rev. Robert J. Warren Council Member Rector, Christ Church Clermont-Ferrand, France   Liaison to Augsburg, Wiesbaden, Orvietto, and Nice
Ex-officio Member of the Council of Advice
Denis Le Moullac Treasurer of the Convocation American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Resident in Strasbourg, France		Staff Support to Council Sophie Plé Administrator Convocation Office Paris, France The Ven. Walter Baer Archdeacon Convocation Office Paris, France