Manual of Procedure

This contains the complete text of the current Manual of Procedure of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, including any changes, additions, or deletions that have been approved by Interim Meeting since the publication of the last edition of the Yearbook.

A pdf version of the text as printed in the most recent edition of the Yearbook is available for download.

• The Spiritual Basis for Unity

  (Adapted from the Report of August 1964)

• I. Introduction

  Introduction to the current Manual of Procedure for Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

• II. Structure of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

  Basic organization of the Yearly Meeting

• III. Interim Meeting

  Structure and Committees of Interim Meeting

• IV. Staff

  Staff of Baltimore Yearly Meeting

• V. Committees of the Yearly Meeting

  Organization and general provisions for standing committees of the Yearly Meeting

• VI. Special Groups

  Special Groups, Working Groups, and ad hoc Committees within Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

• VII. Affiliations to FGC, FUM, and FWCC

  Relationship between Baltimore Yearly Meeting and Friends General Conference, Friends United Meeting, and Friends World Committee for Consultation.

• VIII. Corporations Affiliated with Baltimore Yearly Meeting

  Description of relationship between Baltimore Yearly Meeting and certain corporations.

• IX. Representatives to Other Organizations

  Description of relationships between Baltimore Yearly Meeting and other Friends organizations.

• X. Changes in Faith and Practice

  Guidelines for initiating changes in Faith and Practice.

• XI. Changes in the Manual of Procedure

  Guidelines for initiating changes in the Manual of Procedure.

• XII. Appendix

  Appendix to the Manual of Procedure, including Articles of Consolidation.

• Archives of Prior Manuals of Procedure

  Prior editions of the Manual of Procedure as printed in the Yearbook of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.