Quaker meeting for worship for business

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A Quaker meeting for worship for business is a spiritually grounded decision-making gathering in which Friends seek unity and divine guidance in conducting the affairs of their faith community.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaker practice ⓘ
consensus-based decision-making gathering ⓘ
meeting for worship ⓘ
religious decision-making process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs meeting for business ⓘ
meeting for church affairs ⓘ
meeting for worship for business ⓘ
contrastsWith parliamentary procedure based on majority vote ⓘ
documentedIn Quaker books of discipline ⓘ
Quaker faith and practice manuals ⓘ
emergedFrom early Quaker practice of meetings for church affairs ⓘ
emphasizes corporate rather than individual discernment ⓘ
obedience to perceived divine will over individual preference ⓘ
governs administrative affairs of a Quaker meeting ⓘ
appointments to committees and roles ⓘ
financial and property matters of the meeting ⓘ
public witness and social concerns of the meeting ⓘ
spiritual care of the community ⓘ
hasCharacteristic corporate discernment ⓘ
emphasizes community responsibility ⓘ
emphasizes continuing revelation ⓘ
emphasizes equality of participants ⓘ
emphasizes integrity in decision-making ⓘ
grounded in prayerful listening ⓘ
non-hierarchical decision-making ⓘ
open to all members and attenders of the meeting ⓘ
rooted in silent worship ⓘ
seeks unity rather than majority vote ⓘ
spiritually grounded ⓘ
hasParticipantRole attenders of the meeting ⓘ
clerk ⓘ
members of the meeting ⓘ
recording clerk ⓘ
hasPurpose to conduct the affairs of a Quaker faith community ⓘ
to discern the sense of the meeting ⓘ
to seek divine guidance in corporate decision-making ⓘ
isBasedOn Quaker testimonies ⓘ
Quaker understanding of the Inner Light ⓘ
belief in direct guidance from God ⓘ
religiousTradition Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
resultsIn corporate decisions of the Quaker meeting ⓘ
minutes that record decisions and sense of the meeting ⓘ
typicallyHeld on a regular schedule ⓘ
under the care of a monthly meeting ⓘ
usesMethod drafting and revising minutes to capture the sense of the meeting ⓘ
listening deeply to spoken ministry ⓘ
periods of silent worship during deliberation ⓘ
seeking unity rather than voting ⓘ
testing concerns in the community ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inner Light → usedInPractice → Quaker meeting for worship for business ⓘ
New York Yearly Meeting → decisionMakingProcess → Quaker business method ⓘ
linked to: Quaker meeting for worship for business
Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends → follows → Quaker business method ⓘ
linked to: Quaker meeting for worship for business
Peace and Social Concerns Committee → decisionMakingProcess → Quaker process ⓘ
linked to: Quaker meeting for worship for business
NYYM → decisionMakingProcess → Quaker business method ⓘ
linked to: Quaker meeting for worship for business