A corporation sole consists of one individual only, and successors, in some particular station who are incorporated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly (1) perpetuity, and (2) all the freedoms afforded to religious organizations according to the Constitution, IRS code, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, various Supreme Court rulings, and more. The sovereign of England and the Pope are just two examples of a corporation sole.
The Overseer is the appellation* of the living man/woman acting as and for the Corporation Sole; the Corporation Sole and the Office of Overseer are equal and regarded as one and the same. From the Office of Overseer the mission society and the private contract/membership association are birthed. Next the private association is created to deal with the public on behalf of these private entities.
* We purposely avoided the use of the word “title” due to certain legal connotations. We prefer to speak of the capacity one holds when acting on behalf of an entity — the “hat” they are wearing at that particular time. The Overseer is the hat one wears for the private entities (the Society, and the PCA/PMA); for the public facing Private Association it is General Manager; for a Trust it would be Executive Trustee. Plus, titles seem to be an artifact of the old world order we are leaving, in which title-holders are seen as separate and superior and leads to their entitlement. This does not seem to be in alignment with the new Earth we are all co-creating together.