Under oversight of the Board of Bishops are called Diocese, Diocese correspond to state area and is headed by a diocesan bishop, who is appointed by the Board of Bishops. The Diocese is divided up into five area (Or Zones) a diocesan bishop can have assistants, called District Bishops, Suffragan bishops, District Elders. Typically, District Bishops & District Elders, will have authority over a region or part of a state. Reporting under the District Bishop, are District Elders, who oversee and assist the elders, pastors & churches, in his district, in establishing Churches and District Conventions.