Quaker Handbook
The Yearly Meeting Handbook Revision Committee presents this, the most up-to-date version of the Handbook, on the 9th of July 2009.
The major part is the Handbook of 2000, unchanged. The most recently revised sections have been through Quaker process and thus approved by all Aotearoa/New Zealand Friends.
It is here divided into 4 parts:
Quaker Handbook part 1 [PDF, 646KB]
- Section 1 Introduction, History Question & Counsel
- Section 2 Worship, Life and Witness
Quaker Handbook part 2 [PDF, 879KB]
- Section 3 Decision-making
- Section 4 Structures and organisation of Monthly Meetings
- Section 5 Structures: Yearly Meeting
Quaker Handbook part 3 [PDF, 623KB]
- Section 6 Elders & Overseers
- Section 7 Children, Information, etc.
- Section 8 Pastoral Care, Marriages, Civil Unions
Quaker Handbook part 4 [PDF, 737KB]
- Section 9 Appendices
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