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There isn't really a human head, like the pope, but I think the head would be Jesus.
the archbishop of canterberry
Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, no one takes on the role of the pope in being 'in charge' of the whole Protestant Church. Instead, individual protestant denominations have their own individual leaders. For example, in the Church of England (and the worldwide Anglican Church), the Head of the Church is Jesus Christ. The 'Supreme Governor on Earth' of the Church is the reigning King or Queen of the United Kingdom (currently her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). The title 'governor' is used as this is an historic title bestowed on those leaders of the old British Empire colonies which meant a custodian under a higher power (the King or Queen). By using the term 'governor' in the Church of England context it confirms the Queen's position as being under a higher authority - i.e. God. In the Church of England there is also a spiritual leader - a leader in all matters spiritual - and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently the Very Reverend Dr Rowan Williams. Decisions within the church are debated by the General Synod - a council made up of both clergy and lay-people who are elected democratically from the diocesan synods, whose members are elected democratically by the local deanery synods, whose members are elected democratically from the individual churches. When a decision is reached, usually through a great deal of prayer and discussion, it is passed on to the Archbishop of Canterbury and then to the Queen for ratification or amendment. Similarly in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the leadership is provided by a council that meets in London. The Chairman (or Chairwoman) of this council can be thought of as 'in charge' but has no powers except to chair the meeting of the council (whose members are democratically elected from the various methodist Districts) who make the decisions of the church, and the role of chairman rotates every year by election. The Baptist Church, URC and so on have similar organisations and leadership committees.
Nobody runs the protestant church anymore, because Queen Mary, Henry the 8th's daughter, turned Britain back into a roman-catholic country and that cancelled out protestant church for good.
Actually after Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I (her half-sister) reverted Britain back to Protestantism permanently.
There are many separate protestant Churches, each with there own leader (mostly). I think that technically Queen Elizabeth II (monarch of the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and several others at the time of writing) is the leader of the Anglican Church but delegates most duties to the Archbishop of Canterbury (currently the Most Reverend Rowan Williams).
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