Friends’ testimony
on community urges that Meetings should be
small enough to enable members to know each other well. Existing
Monthly Meetings are encouraged to create new Worship Groups
when the membership becomes too large to permit a true sense of
community, or when it is more convenient for those members living
at a distance from the meeting place. New Meetings may also be
formed through the development of Worship Groups or
Preparative Meetings. Where no Friends Meeting exists, individual
Friends and those drawn to Friends’ ways should meet together
for
divine guidance. In due time they may be gathered into a Worship
Group which comes under the care of a Monthly Meeting.