The chapter on Meeting Organization and Structure is anticipated to consist of six sections: an introduction, entitled "Communities of Friends"; a section on monthly meetings; one on preparative meetings, recognized meetings and worship groups; one on quarterly and general meetings; one on the yearly meeting; and one on broader Friends organizations.

The first two of these sections are included in the following file:

Communities of Friends, and The Monthly Meeting

This text was approved by the yearly meeting in 2010 for a 5-year provisional period. Comments and suggestions for improvement are still welcome.


Draft text for the section on preparative meetings, recognized meetings and worship groups is now also available, in the following file:

Worship Groups, Recognized Meetings and Preparative Meetings

The Faith and Practice Committee hopes to revise this section in response to comments and submit an updated version to the ILYM business sessions in 2011, requesting approval for a 5-year provisional period.