Committee on Sufferings
Purposes, Objectives, Functions, & Activities
Purposes & Objectives
The Yearly Meeting on Ministry and Counsel is a
consultative and exploratory body of the Yearly Meeting. It is
more for the weighing of issues than for the making of decisions. Its
membership is as representative as possible to make
its consideration of the areas of concern and responsibility laid out in
Faith and Practice more valid. Its executive body
is the Coordinating Committee for Ministry and Counsel [now called the Ministry Coordinating Committee].
Functions & Activities
- to consider subjects having to do with the
spiritual needs of the membership of New York Yearly Meeting
- to receive reports of concerns from the local,
quarterly, regional, and half-yearly meetings, through the Coordinating Committee for Ministry and Counsel
- to refer concerns that require action to the
Coordinating Committee for Ministry and Counsel
- to consider and approve recommendations for
recording gifts in ministry
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