Bylaw provisions allow for additional members to be added to the World Church Leadership Council.
Since its formation, the World Church Leadership Council has been the deliberative and consensus forming body for a number of important decisions, such as the 2002 "Statement on Homosexuality", formation of mission centers, and setting of dates for specially called World Conferences.
The World Church Leadership Council assisted with the recommendation to the World Conference by the Council of Twelve that Stephen M. Veazey be ordained as Prophet-President of the church.
It has contributed to development of a new format for the 2007 Community of Christ World Conference.
[2] The Joint Council was often designated as the policy approval body in legislation passed at World Conferences over a period of many decades.