each quorum and organizational unit in the church has a presidency attached to it. a presidency is usually composed of three members: the president and two counselors. typically, a president is selected and he chooses the two counselors whom he would like to serve with him. on very rare occasions there may be only one counselor or three counselors. usually, a secretary is also called by the president to serve, but he is not considered a part of the presidency. each of the counselors is given a precedence, for instance, "first counselor" and "second counselor".