Body language: Deborah Rowlands on the Yearly Meeting’s consultation on membership

‘Looking at membership in isolation risks throwing the baby out with the bath water.’

‘Our processes are founded on principles that go to the heart of our spirituality.’

As many readers will know, Meeting for Sufferings is engaged in a consultation about membership. Working through Area Meetings, the consultation asks some questions that seem simple, but they go to the heart of our sense of belonging: Why do we have membership? What is it for? Is it still necessary? If yes, what form(s) could it take?

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