THE MEETING FOR BUSINESS

Quakerism: a view from the back benches
Copyright 1966 The Back Benches

CHAPTER V

THE MEETING FOR BUSINESS:

Prophetless Procedure

(this chapter has been written in the context of the present, large Meeting. Some of its observations are irrelevant for any smaller “house Quaker” groups into which large Monthly Meetings might well be broken, as we have suggested elsewhere. In a group of 15 to 30 adults, much business would be conducted informally as a committee of the whole - but even then, some tasks should be delegated, and the basic business method should be used. At whatever level - Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly Meeting, or larger Friends gathering - a more careful husbandry of time and effort will give better results and indeed, result in a more loving spirit.)

(to be continued)