Discipline of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends : being the constitution and discipline of the American Yearly Meeting of Friends; with the additions adopted by Indiana Yearly Meeting, Part 9

Author: Society of Friends. Indiana Yearly Meeting
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : Nicholson Press
Number of Pages: 158


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91


Business which cannot be acted on same day as intro- duced


91


Care of the Poor


136


Certificates of Membership for ministers to so state.


105


cept


105


Certificates of Membership, Monthly Meetings to ac- knowledge


105


Certificates of Membership, Monthly Meetings to issue Certificate of Marriage.


138


Certificate of Removal


139


Church, The, and Its Denominations, Part I


35


Clerks, official functions, etc.


75


Clerks of Monthly Meetings


77


Clerks of Yearly Meetings


90


Congregations, Business Meetings may be established for


75


Congregations, new, under care of Quarterly Meetings on Ministry and Oversight 103


Constitution and Discipline, how to change. 91


Constitution and Discipline, void, when 72


105


Certificates of Membership, Monthly Meetings may ac-


Yearly


142


Index to Discipline


PAGES


Correspondents, duties of.


79


Correspondents of Monthly Meetings. 79


Correspondents of Yearly Meetings 93


Correspondents of Quarterly Meetings 88


Declaration of Faith, Richmond, 1887


43


Baptism


Justification and Sanctification


52


Liberty of Conscience in Relation to Civil Govern- ment


65


Man's Creation and Fall


57


Marriage


66


Oaths


67,132


Of God


43


Peace


66


Prayer and Praise


64


Public Worship


69


The First Day of the Week


68


The Holy Scriptures


50


The Holy Spirit


48


The Lord Jesus Christ


44


The Resurrection and Final Judgment


55


Detraction


135


Discipline, Rules of, Part III.


110


Divorce


112


Elders, doctrinal views to be ascertained


87


Elders, duties and qualifications of.


87


Elders, how appointed.


86


Elders, with ministers, the Spiritual Supervisors


78,86


Essential Truths


36


Quarterly Meetings


117


Evangelistic and Church Extension Committee of Yearly Meetings 94,118


Finance Committee of Monthly Meetings 79


Finance Committee of Yearly Meetings 89,92


Financial Support of the Church. 98


Five-Years Meeting, Appointment of Officers; Expenses 96-97 Five-Years Meeting, Expenses of delegates. 97


Five-Years Meeting, Jurisdiction


97,119


Five-Years Meeting may introduce new business to Yearly Meetings 91


Five-Years Meeting, membership, time, place, opening 91


Form of Government, The, Part II 72 Fox's, George, Letter to the Governor of Barbadoes 40


Friends, The 72


Departments of Work, Part IV


117


Discontinued Meetings, disposition of property of.


93


Elders cannot be transferred to other meetings.


105


Evangelistic and Church Extension Committee of


56


143


Index to Discipline


PAGES


Gifts Spiritual-in the ministry


70


Historical Statement


19-31


Introduction


3-18


Law and Arbitration 132-133


Letters of membership may be received from other churches


. 105, 140


Letters of membership may be issued to other churches 105


Marriage, Rules for 110-112


Meeting, Congregation, or Church 75


103


Meetings on Ministry and Oversight.


98


1. Local


Appointment of Elders 86, 100


Arranging Special Service of Ministers 99


Business of Regular Sessions. 99


Congregations to designate member to report to 99


Dealing with Ministers 100


Membership, Regular and Special Meetings 99


Recording Ministers 81,99 101


Report to Monthly Meeting


Report to Quarterly Meeting on Ministry and Over- sight


101


Representatives to Quarterly Meeting on Ministry and Oversight


100


To commence proceedings for acknowledging min- isters


81


To notify Monthly Meetings as to pastoral worker, when


85


2. Quarterly 101


Deposing Ministers 82, 100, 102


General Duties, new congregations, etc 102 Membership, time, reports, representatives 101 Recording Ministers 81,101


3. Yearly 103


Membership, time


103


May report judgment to Yearly Meeting 103


Reports and epistles 103


Spiritual needs 103


74


Members, active, absent, should correspond with Mon- thly Meetings 106


106


Members, active, disownment of


Members, active, how dealt with after removal 107


106


Members, active, joining other churches, membership ceases


106


Members, active, may be dropped, when 106


Members, active


Members, active, dealt with.


Meetings, not to encroach on other meetings


98


144


Index to Discipline


PAGES


Members, active, may introduce business to Yearly Meeting with consent of Clerk. 91


Members, active, qualifications of. 73


Members, active, received by letter from other churches


105


Members, active, reception of. 104


Members, active, reception by certificate.


105


Members, active, reception of may be publically an- nounced


104


Members, active, resignation of


106


Members, active, right to participate in business.


77


106


Members, active, transferred by letter to other churches Members, active, under special care of Pastoral Com- mittee


117


Members, associate


74


Members, associate, received on application of parents ..


75


Members, associate, when to be dropped


75


Members, associate, when to be transferred to active list


74


Memorials


137


Ministers deposed


82,100 87


Ministers, doctrinal views to be ascertained


85


Ministers liberated for service by Monthly Meeting, when


83


Ministers liberated for service by Quarterly Meeting, when


83


Ministers liberated for service by Yearly Meeting, when Ministers, minutes for service must be signed by cor- respondents


84


Ministers not to sit in Meetings of Ministry and Over- sight while their cases are pending 102


Ministers, Quarterly Meeting's Clerk to furnish cer- tificates of recording of 82


Ministers recorded 81,101


Ministers, special services of 85


Ministers to obtain approval of Permanent Board, when 84


Ministers to obtain certificates from clerks when cannot get certificates of Quarterly Meeting


83


Ministers to return minutes for service 86


Ministers, with Elders, the spiritual supervisors 78,86


Ministers and Elders, duties and gifts of 78, 86 Ministers and Elders, associated together 86-87


Moderation 134


Monthly Meetings, committees of 79-80


Monthly Meetings, established 88


Monthly Meetings, how organized 76-77


Monthly Meetings may drop members, when 106-107


84


Ministers liberated for service, funds to be provided ...


145


Index to Discipline


PAGES


Monthly Meetings may petition or appeal to Yearly Meeting


81,109 Monthly Meetings, membership; authority; relation to Quarterly Meeting. 76-77


Monthly Meetings, new, established 81


Monthly Meetings, new fields of work 80


Monthly Meetings, report on state of Church 80, 100 Monthly Meetings, termination of terms of officers .. 77


Monthly Meetings to acknowledge certificates when ac- cepted 105


Monthly Meetings to appoint committees to revise list of Elders, when 86


Monthly Meetings to appoint funeral committees. 136


Monthly Meetings to direct pastor or evangelist to dis- continue services, when 85, 100


Monthly Meetings to make full record of members re- ceived or removed 105


Monthly Meetings to record ministers and notify meet- ings 82


Monthly Meetings transferred 88-89


Monthly Meetings, who may participate in


77


New Fields of work


80


New Monthly Meetings


81,88


New Quarterly Meetings 81,88


New Yearly Meetings 94,97


Overseers cannot be transferred to other Meetings 105


Overseers, how appointed; their duties 78


Overseers, moral supervisors 75


Overseers to introduce all complaints in writing 106


Part I .- The Church and Its Denominations 35


Part II .- The Form of Government 72


Part III .- Rules of Discipline


104


Part IV .- Departments of Work 117


Pastoral Committee of congregations 80, 117


Pastoral Committee, duties in regard to associate mem- bers


117


Pastoral Committee present applications for member-


ship, duties 104, 117


Pastoral and Evangelistic Workers-


Evangelistic Committee to give certificates to 119


Initiative in arrangement in Pastoral Committees of congregation 99


Must afford opportunity for free exercise of gifts.


Must have approval of Monthly Meetings, when 100


83


Must have approval of Yearly Meeting's Evangelistic Committee, when 85


Must have membership transferred, when 85


146


Index to Discipline


Pastoral and Evangelistic Workers-Continued. PAGES


Must labor in harmony with Constitution and Discip- line .. 100


To discontinue service, when 86,100


Permanent Board may introduce business to Yearly Meeting 91


Permanent Board: Membership; appointment; times; places; special meetings; quorum; authority; du- ties; records; expenses 94-95


Preface


2


Propositions from Quarterly Meetings cannot be acted on the day introduced


91


Propositions to amend Constitution and Discipline. ..


91


Quarterly Meetings 88


82 79


Correspondents, appointment of


Correspondents, duties of


79


Duties in discontinuing Monthly Meetings


81


Duties in establishing Monthly Meetings 81


81


May introduce business to Yearly Meeting


88-89


Reports; representatives to Yearly Meeting To assist Monthly Meetings 89


89


Quarterly Meetings on Ministry and Oversight


101


To institute proceedings in cases not reported by lo- cal meetings


102


Queries for Monthly and Quarterly Meetings


113


Queries for Meetings on Ministry and Oversight. 115


Recorder, Clerk of Monthly Meeting acts


77


Recorder may be appointed


78


Representatives, Monthly Meetings appoint to Quar- terly Meeting


77


Representatives, Quarterly Meetings appoint to Year- ly Meeting


89


Secret Societies 113


Simplicity 134


Special Committee on New Business may introduce bus- iness to Yearly Meeting 91


Spiritual Gifts 70


Standing Committees may introduce business to Yearly Meeting 91


State of Church, report on 89,101


Superintendent of Evangelistic and Church Extension Work 119


Temperance and the Liquor Traffic 112


Trade 134


Duties in transferring Monthly Meetings. Established; discontinued; divided; united


81 91


Membership; officers; power; supervision.


Clerk to furnish certificate to ministers recorded


147


Index to Discipline


PAGES


Treasurer of Monthly Meeting appointed annually.


78


Treasurer of Yearly Meeting


93


Trustees of Monthly Meeting


79


Trustees of Yearly Meeting


93


Unity


135


Worship


69


Yearly Meeting :-


Annual reports, etc 90-91


Appeals


92


Business from Quarterly Meetings


91-92


Business may be introduced from seven sources


91


Constitution and Discipline, changes of


91


Establishment or discontinuance of 97


Four bonds of union between


72


Liberty to arrange for ascertaining doctrinal views of ministers and elders 87


May adopt non-conflicting regulations


72


May introduce business to other Yearly Meetings .. 91


Membership, authority and purpose


90


Opened by whom 90


Powers of 90


Statistics furnished to Five-Years Meeting 94


Time and manner of appointment of officers


92





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