The Moderator of the Synod is a Bishop who is a presiding officer of the election conducted in the Annual General Meeting.
Pastors and lay members are eligible to contest for the remaining two posts of General Secretary and Treasurer.
The working committee has a representation of one member each from the 24 dioceses of Church of South India and 4 officers of the Synod.
According to the Church of South India constitution the participants in the Synod belong to five categories: Dioceses send representatives based on a graded scale that starts with those having 10,000 baptised members sending two pastors and four lay persons while the maximum number of representatives to the synod come from dioceses with over 150,000 baptised members that send six presbyters and 11 lay persons.
Other invitees to synod meetings include accredited visitors, heads of synod departments, fraternal delegates (representing various CSI affiliated bodies), special invitees, overseas guests and resource persons.
Due to the Madras High Court's ruling, which invalidated the recent elections and identified procedural discrepancies at the Synod meeting held in Hubli in January 2023.
[3][4][5] For proper guidance of the life and work of the Church the CSI Synod has set up various Commissions and Committees.